That is very distressing for the young footballer and his family. I hope he is making a good recovery from his injuries. I am not aware of the background as to why the ambulance service took three hours to get to the particular location but there has been significant investment in the National Ambulance Service. There is no getting away from that, and it will continue. The most important aspect of that is the professionalisation of our whole paramedic area and the development of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, PHECC, in particular to really raise standards. This has happened over the past decade to a transformative degree, which is not often acknowledged. It is critical for any person who has an injury that the professional gets there as quickly as possible. Three hours is far too long to wait for an ambulance to come.

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