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HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I agree. I am sure that the purpose behind the new clause is to ensure that data is safe, but it removes democratic accountability from the process of developing the policy, which…09 Jul 2026HANSARDJury TrialsIn restricting access to jury trials, the Government have leant quite heavily on the Leveson report, but the Government go much further than the report recommends. Will the…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I want to briefly discuss these new clauses because I think that they are important, particularly because they were tabled by the hon. Member for Worthing West (Dr Cooper), who is…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 12 Corridor Care Accountability “(1) Six months after the passage of this Act, and every 12…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)The hon. Member for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed), who tabled new clause 25, asked me to speak to it, which I shall do briefly. This is a very serious issue. Critically ill…09 Jul 2026HANSARDJury Trials1. What advice she has given the Government on the potential impact of removing jury trials in certain circumstances on the rule of law.09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I will come to the hon. Gentleman in a minute, but I need to answer my right hon. Friend’s question first. My right hon. Friend has a much better memory than me—I was much younger…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I think what members of the public want is the people who are in government now to do something to improve their lives. I am in danger of repeating myself, which could present an…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)New clauses 12, 56 and 84 are about care in our accident and emergency departments and care in corridors. I do not want to rerun the debate on corridor care that we had in the…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am always happy to encourage the hon. Gentleman; I hope that in the impending reshuffle, he is given the opportunity to put his experience into practice. I have one word for…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I should say that I am a member of the Education Committee. As the hon. Member for Winchester says, new clause 28 would extend the powers of the first-tier tribunal so that, when…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I think we are going back full circle to the hon. Gentleman’s intervention on my hon. Friend the Member for Farnham and Bordon, when he suggested that the problem was that beds…09 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS Corridor CareI absolutely agree. The NHS is devolved in Scotland, but that sounds like a very unwise decision that it should certainly reconsider. I am sure my hon. Friend will be a doughty…08 Jul 2026HANSARDNHS Corridor CareI should begin by declaring my interests as a member of the British Medical Association, a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and an NHS paediatric…08 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I have just a couple of questions. Clause 62 will update the CQC’s power to conduct special reviews of NHS commissioning to cover ICBs and the Secretary of State’s commissioning…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The Minister talked about changing the time period in which proceedings can be effected from three to five years, but once the CQC is aware that an investigation could be brought…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)As the Minister said, clause 63 amends section 90(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 to extend the limit on proceedings relating to the registration of offences under part…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)No, I am not. Schedule 8 Transfer of HSSIB’s Functions to CQC07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?07 Jul 2026