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HANSARD Health and Care BillYes, of course, as we move through this reform process, it is absolutely right and vital that we work with our partners in the Local Government Association and local authorities…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to the former Secretary of State. He is absolutely right. We deal in the reality and we should compare the reality of the system that we have in place now with what…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillBefore I give way to the right hon. Gentleman, I will give way to the former Secretary of State.22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillIf I may make a little progress, I will then give way to my former boss, the former Secretary of State, and then, if I have time, to my hon. Friend. To reiterate, as my right hon.…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady. I do not think that she posed a question, but she made her point clearly, as she always does.22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillIf the shadow Secretary of State will forgive me, the hon. Lady has attempted on a number of occasions to get in, so it is only fair that I give way to her.22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillWhile the hon. Lady and I do not always agree on everything, she asks a perfectly reasoned and measured question. I pay tribute to Andrew Dilnot’s work on his report. I just…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Health and Care BillI am afraid that I will not give way now.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 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 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 BillOn ICBs, which I have moved on to, but not on new clause 49.22 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 Cancer Diagnoses: Young People in HertfordshireI thank and pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Hertford and Stortford (Julie Marson) for bringing this debate before us, and for raising this difficult issue in a…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Cancer Diagnoses: Young People in HertfordshireMy right hon. and learned Friend is also an old friend, so I suspect that he has a slight insight into where I was to be going in a few minutes. I hope to be able to answer that…19 Nov 2021HANSARDCorrection to Written Parliamentary QuestionsI would like to inform the House that a written answer I gave on 24 September 2020, No. 90063, and subsequent to that, answers 97759, 117196 and 117198, to the hon. Member for…09 Nov 2021HANSARDHospital Building ProgrammeI am very grateful to you, Mr Sharma; that was a deft and adept use of the Chair. It is a genuine pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I pay particular attention and pay…03 Nov 2021HANSARDHospital Building ProgrammeMy hon. Friend, quite wisely, presses his advantage. I can give him some reassurance on that, as I did to the shadow Minister when talking about the criteria, that safety and risk…03 Nov 2021HANSARDHospital Building ProgrammeWhat is one more visit on a tour? I am delighted to accept; it would be a pleasure.03 Nov 2021HANSARDHospital Building ProgrammeI take the point, and I think I understand where my right hon. Friend is coming from on this. I said that business cases will be considered on their own merits, but of course…03 Nov 2021