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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 101, in clause 95, page 86, line 37, at end insert— “(10) Following any direction under subsection (2) the HSSIB may— (a) request additional funding in…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Clause 102 deals with power of entry, which amendment 125 seeks to qualify somewhat. There is no doubt that these powers are necessary. The evidence that Keith Conradi gave to the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Ms Elliot. I am grateful to the Minister for setting out the Department’s position on the clause and the accompanying…19 Oct 2021HANSARDNew HospitalsWith a £9 billion maintenance backlog, examples of which we have heard this morning, it is truly mind-boggling that the Department’s priority has been to try to change the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The Minister is right; it should be up to HSSIB to decide who it consults. That is why it is seems superfluous to have a requirement in the clause that it must consult the…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The Minister makes some fair points, and we are aware that there are other channels to pursue these matters. However, it did seem a bit incongruous that the Secretary of State…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for setting out the provisions here, and the ability to produce interim reports under clause 98 is welcome. We can all envisage circumstances in…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eleventh sitting)Members will be relieved to hear that I will not detain the Committee long on this. Clause 60 does what the NHS itself has decided it needs. Over the last six years, we have had…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Mr McCabe. We have arrived back at the start: the need to end the bureaucratic, expensive and ultimately corrosive…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)I picked up some interesting points. There was, I think, some common ground with the Minister about the mistakes of the past. From the contribution of my hon. Friend the Member…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)In the light of the Minister’s comments, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)I will not detain the Committee long, but perhaps we need a minute to pause, because, as my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol South said on Tuesday, this marks the end of an era.…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 95, in clause 68, page 61, line 32, leave out “health care services” and insert “services required”.23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am sure the Minister will be unsurprised to learn that the Opposition are a little wary of the powers in clause 63. One person doing two jobs is never ideal. I make an…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this morning, Mrs Murray. I am glad you enjoyed Tuesday so much that you came back for another round. We will do our best to inform and…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)I will not repeat all my comments from earlier, to save the Committee’s time. I have two remaining specific questions, which I hope the Minister can address. The clause says that…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)I will not detain the Committee for long. We are enjoying the Minister’s conversion as regards the folly of the 2012 Act, this being another example of things not turning out as…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)I have a couple of questions for the Minister. We would more accurately describe this as a reflection of the reality on the ground, and how local education and training boards…23 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 97, in clause 69, page 62, line 26, at end insert— “(1A) In the National Health Service Act 2006, in section 272(6), after paragraph (za), insert the…23 Sept 2021