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HANSARDNHS England Funding: Announcement to MediaI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. We have rightly set out what we are doing to increase numbers through recruitment, but as she says a key part is retaining the skilled and…25 Oct 2021HANSARDNHS England Funding: Announcement to MediaI always listen with great care to my right hon. Friend. He is right that we in this House, on behalf of taxpayers, provide the resources to the NHS and others to deliver the…25 Oct 2021HANSARDNHS England Funding: Announcement to MediaThe right hon. Lady makes a good point. It is an interesting idea and I will certainly reflect on it.25 Oct 2021HANSARDNHS England Funding: Announcement to MediaMy hon. Friend is coming back for a second bite of the cherry after Health and Social Care questions last week. I am well aware that there is significant housing development in…25 Oct 2021HANSARDNHS England Funding: Announcement to MediaThe hon. Lady will know that, while her local clinical commissioning group—her local health system—may well be considering various options, it has not put any particular option…25 Oct 2021HANSARDNHS England Funding: Announcement to MediaThe hon. Lady knows that I have a huge amount of respect for her and her work in this House. She is absolutely right to highlight the need for parity of esteem not just to be a…25 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for bringing this discussion before the Committee today. [Interruption.] I will talk for a little while to allow him enough time to have a…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElective Procedure BacklogsThe hon. Lady is right to highlight that, essentially, social care and the NHS go hand in hand; they are two sides of the same coin. That is why we have made ambitious proposals,…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)That is my understanding. If I have misunderstood, I will, of course, correct the record for the shadow Minister. Question put and agreed to. Clause 82 ordered to stand part of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am, as ever, grateful to the shadow Minister. On his final question, about the burden of the additional data that we want to collect, which is a fair one, the aim is to reach a…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The clause inserts a new chapter into the Health and Social Care Act 2012 dealing with the enforcement of information provisions. It enables regulations to be made to impose…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)To the point made by the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire about the relationship with Edinburgh, while it is correct that a number of these clauses, and a large part of the Bill,…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I will endeavour to make progress before the Division in the House. Clause 93 is the first clause in part 4, which establishes the health services safety investigations body. This…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for his comments, at the heart of which was the question of who is responsible for implementing HSSIB’s recommendations, and how we can ensure…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I take the hon. Lady’s point. That is not the intention, to prejudge or predetermine. It is what is sought with the investigation. I take the point about the language, which is…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I take the hon. Lady’s point. As I set out in response to earlier amendments and preceding clauses, I believe that we have struck the right balance on the obligation to respond…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Clause 97 deals with HSSIB’s final report following an investigation. It sets out that a report should include the overall findings, with analysis of what has happened. It is…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am happy to reassure the hon. Gentleman that either I or the relevant portfolio-holding Minister will happily have that conversation with him.19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)As we alluded to in our discussion on amendment 109, the clause inserts a new section into the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It has the sole objective of increasing the sharing…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The clause amends the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and requires NHS Digital, when exercising its functions, to have regard to the need to promote the effective and efficient…19 Oct 2021