Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting

Lab

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

CommonsIlford NorthCurrent Member

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Constituency: Ilford North

Status: Current member

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Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17 · 13:40

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. I can reassure him that, through partners in the NHS, we are ensuring that antibiotics are available to GPs to prevent students…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17 · 13:37

I am not sure about the point of prevalence, but we will look carefully at the genesis of this outbreak. Of course, in common with the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member fo…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17 · 13:30

I think that is a really constructive suggestion, and we will absolutely look at it. In reply to the right hon. Member for Tonbridge (Tom Tugendhat), who had left us but has just…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17 · 13:30

I am extremely grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for raising that question and making that point. It sometimes feels that barely a month, if not a week, goes by in this job whe…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17 · 13:17

I thank the hon. Member for her proactive approach over the weekend and in recent days, given the impact that this is having on her constituency and the devastating impact on her…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17 · 13:13

My hon. Friend is entirely right. I did not respond to a linked question from the shadow Secretary of State earlier, so let me let me respond to both questions now. All cases are…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17 · 13:11

I thank the hon. Member for repeating that wonderful and moving tribute to Juliette from her headteacher, which brings into sharp relief the devastating impact that this has had a…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17 · 12:57

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her question, which raises an important point—the shadow Secretary of State also raised it—about public health information. There are exams tak…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17 · 12:55

I thank the shadow Secretary of State for his constructive response and support as we respond to this incident, and I welcome the way in which he has rightly brought scrutiny to t…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17

I am grateful to the hon. Member for his question. It is worth bearing in mind that the transmission of this particular disease is through close and prolonged personal contact. Th…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17

I reassure the hon. Member that UKHSA is in close contact with all the devolved Administrations to make sure they understand the nature of this outbreak, what we are seeing and ho…

Meningitis Outbreak

2026-03-17

I thank my hon. Friend for the excellent work he does as a member of the Select Committee, and reassure him that we are taking the Committee’s letter and advice very seriously. I…