Prime Minister's Question on Mental Health and Baton of Hope

I was pleased to ask the Prime Minister a question today during PMQ's.

I spoke about the importance of Mental Health and Physical Health receiving parity which is of huge importance, This afternoon, I am hosting 'The Baton of Hope' coming to Parliament and the Prime Minister asked colleagues, across The House to attend and also paid tribute to the work I have done in this area. 

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They say a week is a long time in politics and that couldn’t be more true with the election only just a week or so ago.  Now that my Parliamentary office has been emptied, my pass has been deactivated, my meetings have begun on my team’s redundancies and winding down has started, I felt it wou