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HANSARD Health and Care BillI think my right hon. Friend is talking about executive posts. Yes, there will be processes in place to ensure that employment rights are respected. There will be some roles that…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillMay I make a little bit of progress? Depending on time, I may then give way to my right hon. Friend. I am conscious that hon. and right hon. Members want to speak—I suspect,…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillLocal authorities will have a seat on ICBs and on ICPs. The approach set out in the legislation is appropriate. We have sought throughout for it to be permissive, not…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillOn ICBs, but not on new clause 49. We have moved on and I need to make some progress, because I know that many Members want to speak.22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI make the point to the hon. Lady that I made in my opening remarks; I said that no one would be worse off and the majority would be better off. That is the point that I make to…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillOn ICBs, which I have moved on to, but not on new clause 49.22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI would like to move on to ICBs and ICSs, but I suspect that, assuming there is time, my right hon. Friend, who chairs the Treasury Committee, may have the opportunity to…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am certainly happy to commit that either I, as the Bill Minister, or the relevant policy Minister will meet my hon. Friend to discuss his views in this space. Amendment 110…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am afraid I will not. I suspect that point will be pertinent to the debate on the first group of amendments tomorrow. First, we intend to merge Health Education England with NHS…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend. He will know that this Government have continued not only to highlight and promote parity of esteem between mental and physical health but to…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI fear that I have only a few minutes left, and I have already taken a number of interventions on this. I want to conclude by covering the tobacco amendments as well, which I know…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI simply take my hon. Friend back to my previous point: when compared to the current system, this is a significant improvement and step forward, particularly when taken in the…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI did give way to the right hon. Gentleman, the shadow Secretary of State, and he is my other constituency neighbour in Leicestershire. Let me turn to integrated care boards and…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am afraid that I will not give way now.22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI have given way a number of times and I want to make some progress. I will be winding up the debate, so hon. Members will have the opportunity to come back in then.22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, a member of the Health and Social Care Committee, for his intervention. He makes the point well that this is another step on the journey, but it…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who knows of what he speaks in terms of the operation of healthcare services. We would not wish to exclude GPs or groups of GPs from being able to…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI would like to make a little progress and then I will give way to the hon. Gentleman, who has been bobbing for some time. We believe—this may not answer the hon. Gentleman’s…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI did wonder whether I would regret that intervention. It was typically courteous, although I have to say that when a Member of the Opposition says that, “We’re here to help you,”…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am afraid I am about to conclude. I suspect that the hon. Gentleman will come back in with a speech and I will endeavour to pick up on that in the wind-ups. There are a number…22 Nov 2021