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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sorry the noble Lord is confused. I know that my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer will be pleased to assist him with any confusion that there is in the case of this…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate on assessing capacity in care homes. As noble Lords will be aware, my remarks will be limited…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions on mental capacity and eligibility. As usual, I will keep my comments limited to those amendments on which the Government…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWe are discussing a group of amendments about the definition of terminal illness. I have already placed a letter in the Library of the House outlining all the work in respect of…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the contributions on eligibility and definition of terminal illness. Once again, I will keep detailed comments limited to amendments on which the…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will briefly look at the actual amendment. As I said in my response, the workability concerns are about the specification of a list of illnesses or diseases. I have already…06 Feb 2026HANSARDNHS: Corridor CareThe first thing that needs to happen is that people need to be cared for in the hospital. As I said in answer to an earlier question, everybody should be assessed according to…04 Feb 2026HANSARDNHS: Corridor CareNo. I hope that the noble Lord would welcome a greater level of activity in this area. The waiting lists are going down. We have delivered, for example, 5.2 million extra…04 Feb 2026HANSARDNHS: Corridor CareI agree with the need for more adult social care, but there is a whole range of factors that affect discharge delays, including the number of people who present. What the noble…04 Feb 2026HANSARDNHS: Corridor CareI agree with the noble Baroness. Corridor care is perhaps one of the most visible and distressing symptoms of an NHS that the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, described as broken. We have…04 Feb 2026HANSARDNHS: Corridor CareOn social care, we are making progress on building a national care service. Around £4.6 billion of additional funding has been made available for adult social care by 2028-29.…04 Feb 2026HANSARDNHS: Corridor CareLet me say at the outset that corridor care should not be normalised; it is not what we want to see as routine. The reality is that we cannot eliminate it entirely—I think that is…04 Feb 2026HANSARDNHS: Corridor CareMy Lords, we have introduced new data collection on corridor care, which will be published shortly for the first time. We are taking sustained action to reduce the use of corridor…04 Feb 2026HANSARDNHS: Corridor CareWe very much appreciate the role that GPs play. Corridor care is related to a whole range of factors, not only the position of GPs. I have heard what the noble Baroness has said…04 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillI completely understand the point about uncertainty. Uncertainty exists in the current system, and uncertainty may transfer for different reasons. We are keen to get on with this.…04 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillI am coming on to this, but the agreement in respect of Malta that I would refer to is a reciprocal health agreement. It does not apply in this area. It is about the reciprocal…04 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, it is essential that the changes we hope to make in this Bill resolve some of the existing workforce issues within our NHS. I say at the outset that the Bill will not be…04 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who contributed to this debate for the support given, including just now by the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, to working with us,…04 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time. Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh legislative consent sought .04 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillAs I said at the outset, I will endeavour to answer all questions, but where I do not have an answer, particularly where I want to look at them in closer detail, I will be very…04 Feb 2026