My recent visit to India provided an important
opportunity to promote the midlands engine in that
significant market. This month, we announced funding to
support the creation of a new locally led development body
for Toton, as well as £70 million for the Defence and
National Rehabilitation Centre, and we will refresh the
midlands engine strategy...
Extract from Commons statement on Prevention of Ill
Health: Government Vision
Is the Secretary of State aware that experts have
warned that a million patients are getting useless
drugs and injections for back pain, but his
Department makes very little use of statutorily
regulated osteopaths and chiropractors? Is he also
aware that there is a Faculty of Homeopathy here and
that the doctors are not employed enough, despite the
fact that there are a quarter of a million
homeopathic doctors in India?
I respect my hon. Friend’s understanding of these
issues, not least because I am married to an
osteopath, so my back is feeling okay and I hope that
other people can access such services, too.
Lords debate on Armistice Day: Centenary
