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HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 52 Access to dental provision: Dental deserts “(1) Within six months beginning on the day on…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I would like to move the new clause. We see hospices in huge financial distress at the moment, and we need to get their funding on a more certain footing. New Clause 109 Hospices…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 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 (Seventeenth sitting)The Government’s 10-year health plan says that reducing hospital admissions is a key goal for the neighbourhood health service. These new clauses could help, because they would…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)The Minister said that the plan is being developed with the pace that is needed, but it is not. It was due to have been published already, but it has not been. It was due to have…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. During a Westminster Hall debate in December, a Government Minister said: “In the coming months, in the first half of next…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)It would amend the relevant part of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026, so that when people are put forward for these jobs in the foundation programme, it should be…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Correct.16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.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)Will the Minister give way?16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Sixteenth sitting)rose—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)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)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. 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)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause would require the Secretary of State to produce a delivery plan for the transformative technology commitments…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Seventeenth sitting)If they are, they can use the advice and guidance service. The point is that when a general practitioner wants to refer his or her patient to a consultant on the basis of their…16 Jul 2026