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HANSARDHealth 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)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)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 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)The Minister and I have had these Brexit-type statutory instruments time and time again, so I am not going to get too involved in the conversations that we have had. As we said in…26 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I am glad to see this change added to the Bill. Since the publication of the White Paper, we have called for greater oversight of integrated care systems. We offered options in…26 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 149, in clause 128, page 108, line 22, at end insert— “(za) in subsection (3)(a)(i), after “Secretary of State” insert “or relevant local authority”;” The…26 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I am grateful for that and, on that basis, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause 126 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 127…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Health Incentives SchemeI am grateful to the Minister for advance sight of her statement. We on the Opposition Benches have campaigned for many years against this Government’s short-sighted cuts to…22 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The clause is an important counterpart to clause 82. If private organisations do not comply with their duties, enforcement will be necessary, although we hope it will not prove to…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I had intended to go the entire period that I am in this place, however long that might be, at least trying to be a young Member, if not a new Member, but clause 85 amends a piece…19 Oct 2021HANSARDCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: BacklogsThe proportion of people starting cancer treatment within one month has dropped to the lowest level on record. Some 30,000 fewer people are accessing cancer treatment than we…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to resume proceedings on the Bill with you in the Chair, Mr Bone. I would extend birthday greetings to you, but I know that Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thought that might get more traction with you. I also take the opportunity on behalf of Opposition Members to pass our sincere condolences to Government Members and to pay…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 109, in clause 80, page 71, line 15, at end insert— “(4A) Before the power in subsection (1) may be exercised, and every five years thereafter, the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank colleagues for their contributions, which I thought were really good. This is an important area, and it is important that we give it a proper look. The points that the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am grateful for that, and on that basis I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment made: 121, in clause 80, page 71, line 20, leave…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)As the Minister says, the clause deals with the Health and Social Care Information Centre, known to its friends as NHS Digital. This is a crucial body, and everything we have…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)We think that this measure is particularly important. Private companies must play their role in the process and share their information, just as we would expect the NHS and local…19 Oct 2021