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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, and likewise to my right hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne), who has campaigned vigorously this issue. We now have the outline…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillYes, of course, although I do so with a degree of trepidation, because the hon. Lady is well versed in these issues.23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillThe Carr-Hill formula has been through many “almost reviews” over the years and has been looked at by different Governments. Various GP practices in my constituency—as I am sure…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI fear that I do not have time to cover the other amendments in the four minutes that I have left. Although I appreciate that my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead and my…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillIf the hon. Member is going to be brief, I will of course give way to her.23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady, but we have had the Committee. We are now at the stage where we have been through this, and I therefore do not think it would be appropriate to…23 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who I think covered both bases there very eloquently. He makes an important point on this issue. The change will make a real difference to…23 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI take my hon. Friend’s amendments in the spirit in which they are of course intended. I recognise the importance and value that those on both sides of this House put on parity of…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. It is not just my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) who supports him on this; I and the Government do, and we are…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the case she is making. I should also put on the record my gratitude for the work that my hon. Friend the Member for Newton Abbot (Anne…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am conscious of time, Madam Deputy Speaker, so I will try to cover some of the main themes that have emerged from today’s debate. I am grateful for the debate we have had today.…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am afraid I will not, because I have only a couple of minutes in which to try to address these points, and I did give way a dozen or so times in my opening remarks. Equally, I…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am afraid I will not, because I literally have only one minute, and I did give way multiple times in my opening remarks. I believe that the measures in this Bill, which we have…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI will give way to my right hon. Friend.22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful for this evening’s debate. More than once during the passage of the Bill, I have put on the record the Government’s commitment to improving and protecting the…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady, with whom I worked in London local government many moons ago on issues not dissimilar to those that we are debating. The Bill focuses on diet and…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI wondered what I was about to have bowled at me there, but my hon. Friend is absolutely right. I entirely agree that a huge amount of progress has been made; we believe that we…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI know my hon. Friend well and entirely understand the perspective that he brings, but I would argue as a counterpoint that the Bill strikes a proportionate balance, in the same…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillMay I make a little more progress? I have more to say on obesity, so my right hon. Friend should not worry. We held two consultations, the first in 2019 and the second in 2020,…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI take my right hon. Friend’s point, but I would argue that we are placing the matter before the House in a Bill that has been debated and has gone through its stages, including…22 Nov 2021