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HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This is a very straightforward new clause. The Secretary of State would be required to ensure that there are single-sex…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 40 would require the Secretary of State to publish a report detailing the business case for the use of…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)For the record, I am a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and work as a consultant paediatrician at North West Anglia NHS foundation trust, which will…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause asks the Government to use private providers to help get waiting lists down. We are told that waiting lists…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The previous use of private providers was to remove debt from the Government’s balance sheet. That is not the same as providing guidance and regulations on how to increase…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)New clause 46 would require the Secretary of State to publish the number of staff in the Department of Health and Social Care and the number of people made redundant following the…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I listened carefully to what the Minister said, but I do not know where the Government have transparently published all these numbers and calculations. A lot of parliamentary…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause would require the Secretary of State to publish a plan for securing the provision of universal fracture…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Not necessarily, no, but this one does, because the Government clearly made a promise before the election. The former Secretary of State was clear that it would be one of his…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)rose—16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Will the Minister give way?16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Can the Minister be clear on the point about ICBs? There is a concern that, where there are perhaps three ICBs, one of which has a service and two of which do not, and they merge…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am afraid I am not reassured at all. The Minister seems to be saying that the ICBs will do it—the same ICBs where she is cutting their budgets, making them change the board and…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)New clause 48 would require the Secretary of State to “publish and maintain a national framework for improving access to radiotherapy services in England.” One in four people can…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)If I heard the Minister correctly, she said that the ICBs would provide NICE-approved treatment, which they have to do within 90 days at the moment. At an earlier sitting, we…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I will be brief, because we have a lot to get through. The new clause would require the Government to produce a modern…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The Minister talks about momentum, but as I understand it, there is a severe mental illness MSF, for which timelines are to be published in due course; a sepsis MSF that was…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Actually, there were plans, changes and improvements in respiratory care. One of the more obvious ones for lung cancer was the start of the lung cancer screening programme. I do…16 Jul 2026