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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twentieth sitting)New clauses 39 and 40 focus on carers. First, I join the shadow Minister, as I suspect all hon. Members wish to, in recognising and paying tribute to the enormous amount of work…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twentieth sitting)I entirely agree with the hon. Lady. There is a huge number of unpaid carers who we know about, and who recognise themselves as carers, but there will be a huge number who, as she…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twentieth sitting)As has been set out, this new clause would make provision to ensure that alcoholic drinks display the chief medical officer’s low-risk drinking guidelines, a warning intended to…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twentieth sitting)As ever, I am grateful to the shadow Minister for his exposition of the new clause, which would introduce a duty on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to publish an…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)I can reassure the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston, that I am not aware of how many FOIs he tables, which is possibly as it should be; it suggests…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)I go back to the point I made: there are some perfectly legitimate professions—where there is an expectation and understanding of what they do and a respect for what they do—who…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)As has been set out, the new clause would protect the title of nurse by making it an offence for a person to use that title unless they were registered with the Nursing and…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)They are, but my point was the difference between registered nurses and just using the title “nurse”. The question is how, in legal terms, we catch that. I accept the hon. Lady’s…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)Just one more sentence, then I will give way to the hon. Gentleman before I sit down. We need to gather further evidence to better understand the case for change and whether it…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)The shadow Minister pushes me a little further than I can go today. However, what I can say is that I have considerable sympathy with what he has said. I will undertake to look at…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for this discussion. I reassure members of the Committee that the Government remain absolutely committed to ensuring that UK patients,…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)It is possibly lucky for the Government that the hon. Member for Swansea East is not on this Committee, because she can be extremely persuasive. In my role at the Ministry of…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)May I make the offer to the hon. Gentleman that I or the relevant Minister leading on this—whoever is more appropriate—will engage directly with him?28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady. In part, the reason is because this is sadly not a well drafted new clause. It is very narrowly drafted to GPs, not recognising the…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)The hon. Lady may be about to agree with me; she is welcome to do so.28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair once again, Ms Elliott. My understanding, in the light of what the shadow Minister has said, is that one of the underlying aims of the new…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twentieth sitting)It is a pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I am grateful to the hon. Member for City of Durham for giving us an opportunity to debate the new clauses. I…28 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)In respect of Ministers or senior civil servants? When it comes to Ministers, though I suspect that is not the point he wishes to push—27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)It is nice to see you back in the Chair, Mr McCabe. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Bristol South. Although we may not fully agree, again I take the new clause in the spirit…27 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I will give way to the hon. Lady, as I am sure she will amplify this point. She has worked in clinical settings and will know that a whole team is needed to make things work.27 Oct 2021