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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. I have a question for all three of you. The Secretary of State is seeking some quite broad powers of direction. What problem do you think he is trying to fix by…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Does anyone wish to add to that? Nigel Edwards: I have no answer to that question. Richard Murray: If the reason is not made clear, you end up starting to get worried and…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you, Chair. Do you see any risks attached to the flexibility the Secretary of State has given himself with the mandates? Richard Murray: I think a longer-term mandate is a…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. Mr Bell, do you see this Bill helping to achieve parity of esteem for mental health? Andy Bell: At the moment, it is really impossible to say. I would like to see the…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Third sitting)Q We will see what we can do about that. In your written submission, you raised concerns about private providers sitting on ICS boards. Could you just say a little more about what…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you, Mrs Murray. Good morning to the witnesses and thank you for coming today. Dr Nagpaul, you talked earlier about unequal arrangements for private sector provision.…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Q Could you just turn that around to the patient’s experience? I know that there are so many different variables in this, but from a patient’s perspective, how will the Bill…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Q Of course. I was merely responding to the answer that was given. In terms of how the Bill is implemented, what would you say success will look like in five years’ time? Amanda…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Second sitting)Q So in terms of what NHSI do at the moment, presumably you are interested in their investigations and ongoing work, but there is no formal method by which they can report back to…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Q You touched on funding. You will obviously be aware of what NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation said last week about what might be required to address the operation backlog.…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Second sitting)Q In terms of recommendations, how are they monitored to ensure that they are actually implemented? Keith Conradi: At the moment, they are monitored fairly informally. There is a…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning and congratulations on your appointment, Ms Pritchard. Obviously, the NHS has got lots of challenges. Covid is still very much in play, and there are the waiting…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Conradi, in your submission to the Committee you mentioned a concern about the powers of the Secretary of State to order investigations. You used the term “undue political…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Thank you.07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Q Sorry to cut across you, Mark, but I am running up against time and do not want to upset the Chair. I was just looking for a figure. Do you have a figure for how much this is…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning. Thank you for coming. I am sure that you will be aware that everyone in the country, and the whole Committee, is very grateful for the work done by frontline…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Q In terms of the reorganisation, we know that they always come with a price tag. Do you have a figure for how much the reorganisation that will follow, which is being undertaken…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Is there time for a quick question?07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Thank you. For the last minute, I am going to hand over to my colleague.07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (First sitting)Q You were very clear in your view of what was needed to make clause 33 more effective. In your opinion, would the clause also require some funding requirements to meet the…07 Sept 2021