mr speaker, can i also note that we are joined in the gallery today by mandy de—man , mother of by mandy—man, mother of emily, a british citizen still being held hostage in gaza. i have met mandy, a number of times and in my view, what she is going through is nothing short of torture. mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today in room. >> mr speaker, i would like to concur with the comments. the prime minister has just made. nonh prime minister has just made. north devon district hospital is the most remotest hospital in mainland england. its intensive care unit has only six beds and its almost 50 years old, and it serves a population of 165,000 people. can the prime minister assure my constituents that their hospital will receive the urgent funding that is needed to under the new hospital programme, so that they will not face over a two hour drive to the nearest trauma unit.7 the prime minister , mr speaker, the prime minister, mr speaker, the new hospital programme