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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eleventh sitting)Indeed, but the point that we would make is that there was such a mess to clear up after 18 years of Conservative Government that we had to do a lot of reorganisations. If the…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 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 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 (Ninth sitting)Further to that point of order, Mrs Murray. Derek Wilton on “Coronation Street ” used to say, “I shall be on the cocoa by the time Trevor McDonald has finished”—a reference to…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)On a point of order, Mrs Murray. There have been quite a few changes on the Government Benches in the Committee. We congratulate the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I can assure my hon. Friend that I will not waste opportunities to refer to the waste of public money as a result of the Lansley Act, but the wider point is one that the…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Tenth sitting)And the Minister.21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)It is now in the Minister’s inbox, and he will know that what is currently in the Bill does not cut it in terms of the challenges we face. As I often do, I place on record our…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 108, in clause 36, page 42, line 33, at end insert— “(10) Nothing in subsection (2) supersedes Part 4 of the Health and Care Act 2021.” This amendment will…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Tenth sitting)I am finding the Minister’s response very entertaining, but he really does need to tell us exactly what is wrong with the current system that this Bill is going to fix.21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I will not detain the Committee for long; I have said more than enough on the subject—not persuasively, clearly. The Minister made the point that I did not think that a minimum of…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Tenth sitting)I am reassured to some extent by the Minister’s words, but we have seen over the past 18 months that temporary powers do have a habit of becoming rather more permanent than was…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Tenth sitting)I congratulate the Minister on his valiant attempts to defend the powers that he wishes the clause and schedule 6 to give his boss. The Opposition are pretty realistic and do not…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his detail on those clauses, which have been very helpfully grouped. Although we have not put forward any amendments, we do want to raise some…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I will speak to amendment 94 and the other amendments in my name and the names of my hon. Friends, since they are grouped together and we are clearly all talking about the same…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I would just like to say a few words about amendments 40 to 42, if that is acceptable, Mrs Murray. We wish to press amendments 40 and 41 to a vote, with your permission. It is…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Tenth sitting)Reflecting on the Minister’s comments about why the provision is needed, my understanding is that the power to give the Secretary of State the opportunity to intervene at an…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I am glad the Minister has time to be reading such excellent tomes over the weekend. Can he remind us what the Conservative party did when voting on the original National Health…21 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Tenth sitting)I am a little confused, because my hon. Friend is talking about the end of autonomy, but everything we have heard from the Government is about how permissive the Bill is and how…21 Sept 2021