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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I will not tempt the Minister to tell us what will be in that, but his confidence that it will be an improvement on the current position is noted. Does he anticipate that the…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 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Ninth sitting)I think the Minister probably has the gist of what I was getting at in my comments. Can he tell us how many applications for foundation trust status are currently in the pipeline?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 2021HANSARD UK Gas MarketCF Fertilisers, based in my constituency, is one of the plants that has had to close down in the light of cost pressures. There are obviously many impacts on consumers as a result…20 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)I will talk briefly about amendment 83 which has been grouped with amendment 47. Amendment 47 focuses on the whole discussion that we have had, and that we will continue to have,…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his comments, but I fear that I will disappoint him on this occasion. He mentioned the flexibilities that already exist, which we do not seek to…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventh sitting)As he does regularly. I write to him regularly, too. He mentioned the importance of having this in black and white, and that is where we agree. We do need this in black and white,…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s comments. The Opposition would not want to be accused of being over-prescriptive—that is certainly not what we intend. I appreciate what the…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventh sitting)I will make some comments on clause 14. I think the Minister has anticipated to some extent what I might say. I may well drift into clause 15 as well, but I promise the Committee…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister has made some interesting points. I will have to come back on the reference to “weasel words”. I was a lawyer for a number of years, and when it comes to their use, I…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)I will not detain the Committee as I have already said most of what I wanted to say. The Minister just talked about the ambitious aims to achieve integration. Obviously, they were…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for that herculean effort in listing all the powers and responsibilities of ICBs. For a permissive Bill, the fact that it sets out 12 duties suggests…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)I do not know whether it is too late on a Thursday afternoon, but I did feel like I had wandered into an episode of “Yes Minister” there. I will not press the amendment to a vote,…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful for the clarification from the Minister, but does that not expose our fear that, really, ICBs are just bigger CCGs?16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 47, in clause 20, page 31, line 31, at end insert— “(3) The Secretary of State must make regulations which set out the procedure to be followed should an…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)We will not oppose the amendments or, indeed, clause 15. I think it is important, as the Minister said, to make it very clear that the relevant provision in clause 15, proposed…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 45, in clause 19, page 16, line 2, at end insert— “(c) make arrangements to ensure that patients can access services within maximum waiting times in…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Eighth sitting)We can never be too ambitious, can we? I will be interested to see those working practices. As hon. Members can probably gather, we are somewhat sceptical that the ICPs will…16 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Seventh sitting)We will not divide the Committee on the schedule but as we have batted quite a lot of this about for a couple of days, it is worth reiterating some of our concerns in relation to…16 Sept 2021