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HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, the first part of this amendment links the issue of patient choice to tackling the serious problem of huge NHS waiting lists. We cannot have a meaningful policy of…24 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillDoes the noble Lord recall that, when independent sector treatment centres were established, they operated on the basis of NHS prices, so people were getting NHS treatment in…24 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillIs the noble Baroness aware that, during the arrangements in which there were contracts with the independent sector to provide elective surgery in independent treatment centres,…24 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, this has been a helpful short debate, and I am particularly grateful to noble Lords, especially the noble Lords, Lord Lansley and Lord Hunt, and the noble Baroness, Lady…24 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 146 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, but I support all the amendments in this group. Taken together and perhaps…24 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister. I have been listening extremely carefully to his response to these amendments and have to say, as gently as I can, that I did not hear many…24 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 74, to which I have added my name. I was one of the successors to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, as a…20 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillBefore the Minister responds to that, can I amplify what is being refused here by the Government? As I understand it, he is trying to rely on the Care Act to get local government…20 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 218, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, to which I have added my name. Before I get down to that, perhaps I could make a few…20 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillWhen the Minister is looking into that, will he also look at the issue of the usual suspects? The problem that the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, probably encountered—I certainly…20 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins. I had intended to put my name to them; I apologise to the noble…20 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI have listened very carefully to what the Minister is saying in response to these amendments but, at the risk of being a historian again, is he aware that influence on key…20 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I will say a few words about specialised services on the basis of a committee that I chaired about five or six years ago at those services’ request. It followed the…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I support these amendments, particularly Amendments 5, 12 and 136, so powerfully spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Stevens of Birmingham. As a kind of self-appointed…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, fancy having to follow that. I first congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, on his excellent maiden speech. I have known him, on and off, for several decades, and am…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I wish to respond to the Minister before I withdraw my amendment.04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thought that I am allowed to say whether I am withdrawing the amendment.04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I beg to move Amendment 86. In response to the Minister, I think we will need to have some kind of meeting after 11 March, which may involve some of the parties who are very…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I just want to amplify the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann. Those of us who have been around in government for some years know that the announcement of review…04 Mar 2020