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HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 9, in clause 43, page 30, line 36, at end insert— “(2A) The Secretary of State must give integrated care boards directions to increase spending on mental…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn .02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)It is by design.02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 60, in clause 43, page 30, line 35, at end insert— “(2A) The Secretary of State must give integrated care boards directions to increase spending on Primary…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)The amendment was tabled in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire), and would require medical markers for firearms licence holders to be visible…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes some very good points. Obviously, the whole point of this amendment is to equip people who are providing what is often the daily care for someone else…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank everyone for that very useful discussion. I was pleased to see everyone broadly in agreement that we need to work out how we can provide the necessary information to…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank hon. Members for their insightful input to the discussion on mental health in general and for their thoughts on our amendments. It is reassuring to see the cross-party…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)Amendments 60 and 61 would introduce a primary care investment standard that required integrated care boards to increase spending on primary care services at least in line with…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)The hon. Lady is making very good points. The whole thrust of the argument is that there is little detail around how the single patient record will be created and implemented.…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 71, in clause 47, page 34, line 29, at end insert— “(3A) The regulations must make provision for medical markers for firearms licence holders to be visible…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)I would happily speak for several hours on the multifaceted reasons why young people in particular are struggling with mental health. One of my passions is ensuring that people…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)Amendment 9 would place the mental health investment standard on a statutory footing, requiring ICBs to increase mental health spending at least in line with the growth in their…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)I will speak to clause 47 and to new clauses 7 and 8, which were tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley). The sector has been calling for a single…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)I agree that there is no need for carers to see irrelevant or extremely historical information in the single patient record. Currently, however, there are a lot of carers who, for…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank all hon. Members for their input, and the Minister for her insights. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. I suppose this is another chance to use the developing single patient record to ensure that we close the gap. The record could be…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes some good points, especially given his experience as the Conservative spokesperson in the Westminster Hall debate on this subject, for which he did a lot…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eighth sitting)What we are desperately trying to do is ensure that we are drawing on the expertise of primary care providers. The hon. Member seems not to understand that talking about 40 new…30 Jun 2026