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HANSARD Local Government ReorganisationI live in my patch and I know that there will be genuine local fury at the contempt this Government have shown for my constituents in approving a Leicester city land grab, which…16 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point, and I suspect that he has seen this issue in his professional career. Often, when a death occurs in a clinical setting, multiple factors…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The hon. Lady pre-empts me— I am afraid I have rather a few more remarks to come to. I planned to through the subsections and paragraphs of her new clauses to acknowledge exactly…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Does my hon. Friend recognise the statistic that between 1997 and 2007, the then Government closed 32,000 hospital beds—more than double the number closed between 2010 and 2022?…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I agree with the broad thrust of the points made by the hon. Member for North Shropshire in highlighting the impact of corridor care on patients, on families and on those seeking…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifteenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman will probably be aware of the King’s Fund report from late last year, which covers the years 2010 to 2025. It highlighted that the growth rate was only 5% for…09 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am particularly keen to speak on clauses 59 to 63, because HSSIB was a key part of the Health and Care Act 2022, which I took through as a Minister. At that time, I was grateful…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Twelfth sitting)My hon. Friend the shadow Minister is right to highlight, for want of a better way of putting it, the cumulative challenges that will potentially be piled on the CQC, on top of…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Twelfth sitting)I do think that the scope of the review, who determined the six organisations and how that was looked at is important, and I am sure that the Minister will be able to clarify that…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Twelfth sitting)My hon. Friend is rightly highlighting the importance of independence, and trust in the independence, of the organisations investigating failures and making recommendations. Does…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)On that point, will the Minister briefly give way?07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will confine my remarks to group 47, conscious that the next group will give us an opportunity to discuss local arrangements, so I will stick to the national ones. We are all…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My questions will be very brief. I am conscious that, given that these are mostly Liberal Democrat new clauses, for once I will be asking the hon. Member for Winchester for a…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Twelfth sitting)The hon. Lady makes her point extremely clearly, and I do agree with exactly the point she makes, because in any organisation it is a big step for an individual employed by or…07 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clause 65 and schedule 10 focus on local healthwatch arrangements. As I said when speaking to the previous group of amendments, Healthwatch is respected and trusted at a national…07 Jul 2026HANSARD Civil Service PensionsSadly, it is not just Capita that is missing deadlines; it is the Government, too. I raised a constituent’s case in ministerial correspondence in mid-February and received a…06 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)I want to speak primarily to amendment 49, in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham, the shadow Minister, and to agree with what my hon. Friend the…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)The hon. Member for Ashford made his point very clearly about what happens when something goes wrong and someone behaves inappropriately—the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Eleventh sitting)That is the challenge. The Minister knows her brief very well—if I may say, I hope that whatever happens in a few weeks’ time, she retains it. She is that rare thing among…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Winchester for his explanation of amendments 60 and 61. Like my hon.…02 Jul 2026