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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)In speaking to these new clauses, I stand on the shoulders of the inestimable work done in this place by my hon. Friend the Member for St Helens South and Whiston (Ms Rimmer) and…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his full reply. I do not intend to stress the consensus we have by dividing the Committee. He has given others who may want to look at this at a…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve again with you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. As I said yesterday, we are grateful for the Minister writing with his explanation of this and the other new…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I want to speak to new clause 1 in my name and seemingly in the name of half the House. With pleasure, we have reached the new clauses. A central theme runs through the new…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)Let me come back briefly on a couple of issues. First, I am grateful for the contribution of the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire and, in particular, her point about non-medical…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for that intervention and completely agree with everything she said. For my part, and that of many of our colleagues, our way to tackle all…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I have listened carefully to what the Minister has said, and I agree with significant elements of it. I take the point about existing duties on CCGs, and I am very mindful of…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)It does, and of course I would not want to misrepresent what the Minister said. My point is that, while of course we should seek to work across the partnership and have a…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)That is a very kind offer and I am almost certainly going to avail myself of it. On that basis, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Nottingham North.27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The past 18 months have made clearer than ever the health risks that our health workers face at work, as they have dealt with…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I am grateful for that response. I do not intend to push this new clause to a Division. I have made my case about the importance of occupational health, and I understand what the…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. For Opposition Members in Committees of this type, as we assemble the issues that we prioritise in proceedings, we have to be…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I take the Minister’s point about current powers. I agree that they are clearly at the wrong level, because these schemes simply are not coming through, so the system is obviously…26 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 145, in clause 121, page 102, line 40, at end insert— “(11A) When conducting a review under subsection (1), the Commission must ensure the direct…26 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventeenth sitting)We have been at this now for the best part of a couple of months. This is our 16th session. Some of the faces have changed but largely it is the same group of people. We have…26 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I am grateful for the contribution from the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire. I completely agreed with her point that, fundamentally, the No. 1 basic issue is a complete lack of…26 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I will be very brief, not least because we will not divide the Committee. However, I could not let us go past the clause without mentioning the heading. I must read it from the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventeenth sitting)It is a pleasure to speak to this important clause, which sets out restrictions on advertising less healthy food and drink. I echo what the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire said…26 Oct 2021