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HANSARD Health BillI am going to make more progress. Alongside the removal of confusion and duplication at a national level, the Bill also gives those with local expertise the power, resources and…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI will give way one more time.01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI am going to make some progress, because I need to update the House on the important measures in the Bill to abolish NHS England. Those critical measures will reduce bureaucracy…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Madam Deputy Speaker, if you were to ask anyone in Britain what they think about the NHS, I bet they would give you an…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillAs I made clear, we will protect the principle of a safe space for people to share their concerns. The investigatory function will remain protected within the CQC. The benefit of…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI thank my hon. Friend for raising the very important question of data privacy and security. I will address that in a moment, because I am going to set out some of the protections…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI very much join my hon. Friend in urging the new Health Minister in Wales to follow our lead by introducing a way for patients to access the data and, crucially, for clinicians…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his words about my taking on this post. I can reassure him that, as I will come to in my speech, the Bill sets out to integrate the national…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI am going to make some progress. Following Dr Dash’s recommendations, the Bill will embed the mission and functions of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body into the…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillICBs, as the hon. Gentleman will know, have a board structure that oversees how they operate. The removal of local healthwatch organisations will mean that the voice of patients…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillThe right hon. Lady raises an important point, but local services are already commissioned locally in many cases. The changes that we are making by abolishing NHS England will…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillThe principle behind the changes to local healthwatch organisations is to bring the voice of patients closer to those who are planning and delivering services. Whether through…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that this Bill is about modernising the NHS. As a Labour Government, our priority is to boost investment and to modernise the NHS for the…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI am going to make some progress. The single patient record will mean that wherever a patient is being treated, even if they are not at their local GP or are in a hospital they…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillWhen the data is held by a GP surgery or an NHS hospital trust, for instance, the relevant bodies will remain the information controllers. Where that information is then shared…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that the single patient record applies to the NHS in England, but my colleagues in the ministerial team have regular conversations with our…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillI am happy to look into the specific circumstances the hon. Gentleman refers to and get back to him. More widely, however, the investment is secured across the Government for…01 Jun 2026HANSARD Health BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to draw attention to the importance of having the right approach to cancer, and our national cancer plan sets out what we as a Government…01 Jun 2026HANSARDMaternity AdviserI am today announcing the appointment of Michelle Welsh MP as a maternity adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care. Improving the safety of maternity and neonatal…19 May 2026HANSARDCosts for CommutersThe Government are acting to ease the cost of living for commuters, including by extending the £3 national bus fare cap to March 2027. We have also frozen regulated rail fares for…28 Apr 2026