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HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)If a person has been waiting more than 18 weeks, the trust calls them and asks them to see a consultant to check whether they still need the appointment or whether they need a…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the Minister give way?25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Member for Ashford talks about social media and social media comments. I wonder if, where the DHSC or the Government have put that waiting lists are falling, my hon.…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that when somebody—particularly a vulnerable person—receives a call asking them whether they would be prepared to see a consultant to see whether they…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixth sitting)But we were not planning to abolish NHS England, so we had no reason to worry about redundancy. We were not planning a large-scale abolition—the largest that has ever happened in…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)I have one question for the Minister. Which ICBs does she envisage being abolished, or is this just a precaution for the future?25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 57, in clause 12, page 10, line 10, at end insert— “(4A) Before making regulations under subsection (1)(b) that would alter the range of services or…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixth sitting)In essence, the clause confers the commissioning duties of NHS England on to the Secretary of State, because NHS England is being abolished. In that respect, it is quite…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 46, in clause 21, page 15, leave out from line 33 to line 6 on page 16 and insert— “(2) The constitution must provide for the ordinary members appointed as…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)Where a mayor is from one political party and local authorities are run by different political parties, the mayor, as part of the ICB, will be able to make decisions about…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)At present, integrated care boards will have a chair, a chief executive and at least three further ordinary members. Those three ordinary members will include a representative of…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventh sitting)My right hon. Friend the Member for Melton and Syston and my hon. Friend the Member for Farnham and Bordon have covered my points so effectively that I will be very brief indeed.…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixth sitting)Of course, my hon. Friend is right. One challenge with the Bill is that although not all the measures are a problem individually, the way they are being brought in is a problem.…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixth sitting)We Conservatives share the hon. Lady’s desire to ensure that patients get their appointments as soon as they need them to be had, but she is talking about a difference between…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixth sitting)One thing that my hon. Friend mentions is the Government’s stated intention to bring things closer to home, as opposed to the reality of the Bill as drafted. Does he agree with me…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 14 is very straightforward: it states that schedule 1 “confers functions on integrated care boards in relation to commissioning primary care services…transfers related…25 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixth sitting)I am afraid I do not know the answer to that question. The key point is that it is not logical to abolish a three-tier structure and recreate it with taxpayers’ money to do…25 Jun 2026HANSARD Puberty BlockersMy hon. Friend raises a very good point, and I will come to the data linkage study shortly. What we do know from the Cass review is that the vast majority of children who went on…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)I agree. The amendments include, in many cases, a statement of what someone’s job is. Does the Member who tabled them think that the Secretary of State is not doing his job and…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to speak to clause 4 and this group of amendments. Health inequalities are commonly defined as the systemic differences in health status and distribution of…23 Jun 2026