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HANSARD Health and Care BillAs ever, the hon. Lady makes her point courteously but clearly. As I said, depending on the time available at the end of the debate, I will endeavour to respond more fully to the…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI am pleased I took the hon. Gentleman’s intervention on an issue that I know he has long taken an interest in. As well as the overall macro-trends of supply and demand, I expect…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillThe hon. Lady will be pleased to know, or will I hope be reassured to a degree to know, that underpinning our strategy to grow the workforce—for example, the nursing workforce or…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI will make a little more progress, then I will give way to the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) and then, if I have time, I will give way to her. I want to address…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI will make a little progress, then I will give way to the hon. Lady, as I tend to do. She is a regular participant in health debates. We are already committed to improving…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI hope the hon. Lady will forgive me, because I will finish discussing the workforce amendments before I turn to the so-called genocide amendments and the organ sales amendments.…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillThe hon. Gentleman nods; as I say, I suspect that may be a rare moment of agreement on this group of amendments. We continue to be committed to growing and investing in the…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillMy hon. Friend puts his finger on a key issue, which is the dynamic nature of workforce trends, whether in terms of demand or supply, which is one of the challenges of a long-term…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI did promise not to take interventions, given the time, but I will take one from the hon. Lady, because I was not able to do so during my opening remarks.30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillGiven that I spoke at length in my opening remarks, I will endeavour to use the few minutes remaining to me to cover some of the key points made in the debate. First, I should…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI would not suggest for a moment that Wales or Scotland should follow England or that England should follow Scotland and Wales. They are devolved competences. Each devolved…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI will not now, but I may during my wind-up speech, if I have time. I want to conclude my remarks so that colleagues can make their contributions on the matters that I have…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillMy understanding—although my recollection may fail me, so I caveat my comment with that—is that this was initially looked at that stage, but was not proceeded with. I know that my…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI will if my hon. Friend is brief, but I know that a lot of colleagues wish to speak on the abortion amendment and I want to give them enough time to do so.30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillTo a degree, that is why I mentioned the Javed Khan review. We are undertaking a lot of work and let us see what emerges from that, as well as from consultations and other pieces…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillIf I can just finish this point, I will give way to my hon. Friend. Our preference is to continue with a proven and effective model of encouraging tobacco cessation. Ultimately,…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. I know him well but I was not sure if would be able to predict exactly what he was going to say, so I am pleased that I have managed, to a…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who is absolutely right. We heard in this House, a little earlier this afternoon, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care present…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI am always happy—or the relevant Minister is always happy—to meet my right hon. Friend on any matter relating to the Department’s work. Turning to the Health Services Safety…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI hear my right hon. Friend’s gentle but firm urgings, and I hope that he will welcome the progress that we have made.30 Mar 2022