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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman. This is what this House does best: raising and highlighting particular cases. I am very happy to meet him to discuss this very…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNew HospitalsI am always happy to meet the right hon. Lady. However, I would say to her that decisions such as that are NHS-made, clinical decisions. That is the framework through which they…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNew HospitalsI am very grateful to my hon. Friend, who quite rightly recognises and highlights the work that my hon. Friend the Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild) has put into…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElective Procedure BacklogsWe have committed an additional £1 billion this year to increase elective activity and tackle the backlog, doubling the £1 billion already provided through the elective recovery…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)These clauses continue on the same theme as clause 97 and focus on HSSIB’s reports. I turn first to clause 98, which essentially allows HSSIB to publish an interim report with…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 (Fourteenth sitting)During our debate on amendments 101 and 122, we discussed a number of the key themes that run through clause 95. This clause sets out that, as an independent body, HSSIB will be…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for setting out the background to his amendment, with which he seeks to ensure that a process is set out in regulations to allow the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)We have had the opportunity in this clause and these amendments to range more broadly in setting out the landscape and issues relevant to our debates on the forthcoming clauses. A…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to you, Ms Elliott, and I challenge colleagues to remember what I was saying just before the Division. On amendment 130, having the non-executive members remove one…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 (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)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)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 grateful to the hon. Member for Nottingham North for tabling amendment 109. I appreciate where he is coming from; as I understand it, his amendment is intended to ensure that…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Thirteenth sitting)May I put on record my gratitude to the hon. Gentleman for his kind words about our late colleague? I suspect that the Health team and the shadow Health team will also speak of…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNew HospitalsI am grateful, I think, to the shadow Minister. We have a very clear definition of a new hospital, which I believe is shared by the public. It also leans on VAT notice 708 and its…19 Oct 2021HANSARDElective Procedure BacklogsI have known my right hon. Friend for a long time and he is eternally youthful. As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out, the record investment that we are putting…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNew Hospital in DoncasterHang on, sir! I was about to say that I would be delighted to visit what is now the city of Southend. My only deep sadness is that our friend will not be there to meet me when I…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eleventh sitting)On the shadow Minister’s central question about where ICBs fit in, he is right that we envisage their being, as we have discussed throughout, central to decision making in their…23 Sept 2021