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The government's being urged to do more to protect customers. we need to see regulation implemented urgently to bring it in line with any other kind of credit product. as buy now, pay later booms this christmas, is it fuelling a new debt crisis? this is a serious financial - product with strings attached, and if anything goes wrong, i it could come back to bite you. it's estimated that 15 million of us are buying now and paying later, spreading the cost of a purchase over weeks or maybe months. the biggest name in the buy now, pay later world is swedish company klarna. it's valued at £34 bill...

Commitment. the honourable gentleman was asked about the nhs in terms of the challenges it is facing. i would like to remind him and the house that this year, the government has put in an extra £34 billion into the nhs and social care, £5.4 billion of that in the second half of this year, and over the next three years, there is a commitment to at least £8 billion extra into the largest catch—up fund the nhs has ever seen. in the last year we have seen almost 10,000 nursesjoin in the nhs, almost 3000 doctors, it is increasing workforce and capacity, looking at new ways to do electives and ...

Of course there is pressure across the health system because of the pandemic, and that pressure is also on primary care, including on our gps. there were many people that understandably stayed away from the nhs, they were asked to stay away because of the pandemic, and now many of them are coming forward, especially as society starts to reopen. it is a big challenge — a big challenge throughout the nhs, and it is ourjob in government to provide whatever support we can. so, for example, this year we have given an extra £34 billion to the nhs. last year it was £45 billion to the nhs and the ...

Infection. so can the secretary of state say what resources are specifically going to be made available for care homes this winter, so that we can ensure they have the staffing levels that they need, and to prevent the sort of devastating infection rates we saw last year. mr devastating infection rates we saw last ear. ~ last year. mr speaker, i can tell the honourable _ last year. mr speaker, i can tell the honourable gentleman - last year. mr speaker, i can tell the honourable gentleman that| last year. mr speaker, i can tell. the honourable gentleman that we have already planned to spend an...