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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)I hope that I can reassure the hon. Lady. Although these organisations move beyond the CCG model to be much more collaborative, with more partnership working with local…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)With your indulgence, Ms Elliott, I will turn to amendment 33 first. Integrated care boards will be NHS bodies, whose membership consists, at a minimum, of individuals appointed…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)Both the amendments are technical ones. Amendment 10 amends proposed new section 14Z28 of the National Health Service Act 2006, which provides NHS England with the power to make…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 10, in clause 13, page 9, line 44, leave out from beginning to end of line 12 on page 10 and insert— “(1) NHS England may, in connection with the abolition…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause replaces section 1l of the National Health Service Act 2006, which sets out the general function of clinical commissioning groups, with new section 1l, which sets out…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)I assume—and the hon. Gentleman will probably shake or nod his head—that in this context he is referring both to the Care Quality Commission and HSIB— [ Interruption. ] Yes, I am…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)I consider proposed new subsection (4) to be purely pragmatic, as there will be circumstances with individual trusts and situations where clarifications to accounts or data may be…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister and all other hon. Members who have spoken for the expertise that they bring to this debate. It is one of the quirks of this House that…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause removes the Secretary of State’s powers to make regulations about payments by NHS England to CCGs in respect of quality. We are not abolishing quality payments, but in…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)As I made clear in my remarks, the clause does not so much direct ICBs specifically; it is primarily about setting aside an amount of the annual sum paid to NHS England to go to…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)Currently, one of the objectives of the Government’s mandate to NHS England—a process we discussed in Committee this morning—is that an amount of the annual sum paid to NHS…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful, as ever, to the shadow Minister for his succinct questions. I will try to address them all in turn. He referenced the term “person” in proposed new subsection (1).…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause confers a power to provide assistance and support to NHS foundation trusts, NHS trusts and other persons providing services as part of the health service in England to…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott, I think for the first time in Committee. To answer the shadow Minister briefly, I certainly envisage that the clause…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fifth sitting)Amendments 36 and 37 and new clauses 20 and 21 are in the name of the shadow Minister and his colleagues. I do not believe that what is being proposed reflects the reality of the…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)I think that all add value, but equally, in some circumstances, we see different local arrangements; in some localities, some people fulfil more than one role or sit in different…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful to hon. Members for their contributions on the amendment. I may disappoint the shadow Minister—I will not accept it. I hope he will let me address why and deal with…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to rise to respond. The shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston, is now having to do a lot of bobbing up and down with his amendments, and…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause, as we have touched on in the various discussions on amendments already, inserts new chapter A3 into the NHS Act 2006, which contains a number of duties and functions…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)Yes, of course. I know the hon. Lady has a great interest in this.14 Sept 2021