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HANSARD Puberty BlockersMy hon. Friend says that we do not know the effects, but a number of children have been put through this process via the now discredited Tavistock process. Why does she think that…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)My hon. Friend’s point is correct. There is so little detail in the clause about how these prizes will be awarded and how the committee that will award them will be set up that we…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifth sitting)The shadow Minister has outlined a couple of hypotheticals for the future, when we have a different Prime Minister and a different Secretary of State. One might go down a route of…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifth sitting)I endorse the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham. I am particularly concerned about subsection (2)(a) of proposed new section 12DA. On…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)I will not keep the Committee too long. We need to look closely at what the clause is trying to achieve, both on innovation, which I support, and on the prizes. My hon. Friend the…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fifth sitting)I want to take the Minister back to her rejection of the amendment of my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham on the basis that—I paraphrase—she felt the…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)I shall speak briefly to the amendment that was just moved by the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. I do not mean this rudely, but it is a relatively…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Fourth sitting)What my hon. Friend describes is the real nub of the Bill. If we are to abolish NHS England and move most of its functions to the ICB level or to the Department of Health under a…23 Jun 2026HANSARDRussian Oil SalesWhile diplomatic pressure on China, India and Turkey is essential, we must also do more militarily to disrupt the shadow fleet carrying Putin’s oil. I pay tribute to our armed…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q Sarah, when we were at the Health and Social Care Committee, you and your fellow panellists seemed to suggest that the Government could achieve what they needed to in the…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)I think the answer was, “We are.”16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q I reiterate that I am a member of the all-party parliamentary group on patient safety. Dr Benneyworth and I have had many conversations about this issue. I have two questions.…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q Would you agree with that, Mr Lant? Jacob Lant: Yes. I kind of think, as the debate goes on, that—with the changes to Healthwatch in particular—you could achieve so much without…16 Jun 2026HANSARD Access to Dental Services: West SussexIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I thank the hon. Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) for securing this important debate, and for outlining…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q You are saying that you are a world leader. Dr Benneyworth: We are—16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q Just so that I am clear, you have internal protocols that would raise stuff if you saw something criminal, and if you were investigating something and potentially could not…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q Dr Dash, in her evidence, said that—I am slightly paraphrasing, so I hope I have not got this wrong—NHS England has a number of investigatory bodies that it has established…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Second sitting)Q Ms Higson, given that you are a director of transformation, and that this is, in a wider sense, a transformation of the NHS, if you had the money, resources and political…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (Second sitting)Q Can you give a couple of examples? Maria Higson: To take one example, I would love to see an NHS where we step away from short-term activity metrics, and towards outcomes—that…16 Jun 2026HANSARDHealth Bill (First sitting)Q What happens if the problem is the CQC? Dr Dash: Well, we then have to deal with that as a problem. That is the same as saying, “What happens if the problem is this organisation…16 Jun 2026