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HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)I hope the Minister will address my earlier comments about the policy direction of primary and community care being front and centre in the last 15-odd years. This is a very…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)I will speak mainly to amendments 31 and 50. The case for an elected chair of an ICB is very strong. As my hon. Friend said, if we accept the need for an elected police and fire…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)Ms Elliott, you were not with us last week when I bored the Committee about how many different jobs I had done in the NHS over the 20 years to which the hon. Member for Central…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Sixth sitting)Would somebody be able to appeal to the Secretary of State if they disagreed with that delegation, for example?14 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI join the Secretary of State in those comments; it was a pleasure to bump into some of those athletes and Ms Balding this morning in Westminster Hall. It was lovely to see them…13 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit: Removal of UpliftThe circumstances of this cut are very different from those to which the Secretary of State alluded. In Bristol South, people are not happy about the cut and businesses, which…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHGV Driver ShortagesI have worked closely with the Government for four years, as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on trailer and towing safety, to secure an amendment to legislation…13 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.13 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit: Removal of Uplift15. If she will reverse her Department’s planned removal of the £20 uplift to the standard allowance of universal credit.13 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q That leads neatly on to my point. We have just heard a great defence of ICSs as the system of accountability, and you have said that system level is where decision making is…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have three obsessions with the Bill, some of which I have shared with you. First, on local governance and accountability, I have tabled an amendment to follow the logic of the…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q But, clearly, accountability is with the ICB and not with the partnership. We have heard that very clearly from NHS England. Stephen Chandler: Yes, indeed. Without giving away…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I, too, did joint commissioning roles in Oxfordshire at one point—so, only the best. Every project that I have seen or witnessed on integration—joint commissioning; joint…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q May I take you back to the ideal person or Healthwatch person on the ICB? In my early days in management, in the 1990s, the community health council secretary and chair—I…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Third sitting)Q It is as though we have rehearsed, because that was my question. I was a GP manager leader in my area before coming to Parliament, and GPs have been at the forefront of…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)But it all has to be in place by April.09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I broadly agree with the direction towards permissiveness and the logical direction of the Bill. I am profoundly disturbed, and most of the NHS representatives are making me…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care LevyFor too long, successive Governments of all stripes have failed to grasp the nettle on social care reform. In fact, we have mostly failed to acknowledge that there was a nettle at…08 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Second sitting)Good to see you both. Thank you for coming. I want to talk about accountability. I asked NHS England this morning about how accountability works in the new system and it was clear…07 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Care Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Conradi, could you talk a little about what the branch will be doing in relation to maternity cases and how that is seen to be investigated? You have talked about systems,…07 Sept 2021