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HANSARDHealth Bill (Twelfth sitting)My right hon. Friend will be aware that it is not the only thing that the CQC is being asked to take on. It is also being asked to take on the regulation of event healthcare,…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, but I think this comes to part of the problem. When producing a list of faults—of things that are wrong with the service—and…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The Minister seems to be saying that her reasoning for moving HSSIB into the CQC is to ensure that actions take place in response to the recommendations. But if HSSIB outwith the…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)No, I am not. Schedule 8 Transfer of HSSIB’s Functions to CQC07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The Minister has reassured us that, although it has not been lifted and shifted from the original, the amendment is a duplication of another clause. Therefore, we believe the…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My understanding is that, in the past, HSSIB has provided services to not only British health services but overseas health services, which were, in some cases, charged for that…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)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)Will the Minister give way?07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Is there not a third issue: that the local authority and the ICB will no longer have congruent areas and will therefore look at different populations?07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)As I understand it, the objectives of the Bill are to replace the local healthwatch with a less independent, internalised gatherer of patient experience feedback. The objectives…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)New clause 91 would amend the Medicines and Medical Devices Act to enable regulations “to refer to both international agreements and standards and standards developed in the…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)As the hon. Lady said, new clause 1 seems somewhat redundant, because the Government appear to have decided to appoint a maternity commissioner. New clause 13 asks for a report.…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clause 64 abolishes Healthwatch England, which I believe is a mistake, and introduces schedule 9 to facilitate that. The impact assessment talks about the roles of local…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight East was talking about the importance of the perception of the safe space, in relation to people being able to come forward, and the…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Twelfth sitting)I have sympathy with the principle behind amendment 58, in the name of the hon. Member for Wells and Mendip Hills. The hon. Member for North Shropshire is right to say that…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I rise to discuss new clauses 3 to 5 and 43, which I am sure that the Whips will not let me forget. I understand the sentiment behind the Liberal Democrat new clauses. The hon.…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)We talked about clause 1—on the abolition of NHS England—at the beginning of the Bill. The Minister was keen at that time to take unelected individuals out of the picture and…07 Jul 2026