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HANSARDNHS Funding BillNo, it is the largest and longest funding settlement in history, and we can fund a strong NHS only if we have a strong economy. We had this debate during the general election, and…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillLet me make a little progress, because so many people want to speak. The purpose of the Bill is to set a minimum amount for the money going into the NHS. I want to set out what…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillYes, that is exactly right. I enjoyed visiting Watford at the invitation of my hon. Friend. It is fantastic that Watford will get a new hospital. Watford General Hospital needs to…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillWe absolutely will be looking at doing that where we can. Unfortunately, that is difficult to do, because, over time, and especially during the time that the hon. Member for…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillYes and yes; my hon. Friend anticipates my whole section on Mr PFI sitting over on the Opposition Front Bench. During his time in the Treasury, the hon. Member for Leicester South…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI am very glad that my hon. Friend has raised this matter, because I was concerned to read the reports in the newspapers and have had a briefing this morning. There is work on a…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that we need earlier diagnosis of cancer—I entirely agree. Rolling out the 200 extra diagnostics facilities and increasingly making them…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that the three years without an Administration in Northern Ireland have led to all sorts of difficulties. I have already spoken to my new…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillWe are already exceeding those amounts with the additional funding that I mentioned to do with training and capital, both of which are critical. Of course the budget is set out in…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillThat is clearly set out in the operational guidance to the NHS—that it must be. That will be auditable, and I am sure that my right hon. Friend will look to ensure that that has…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillYes, I am delighted to be able to assure my right hon. Friend that, on both counts, he is absolutely spot-on. This Bill makes it clear that we will be funding the NHS with its…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI will give way to the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) and then the hon. Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood).27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillThe hon. Member is quite right to raise this. There is a Public Health England unit or hub at Heathrow to meet all flights from China now; it met the one flight that has come from…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI will give way briefly before I conclude.27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI want to finish this section, Madam Deputy Speaker. The crucial thing in this Bill is the certainty: the Bill provides everyone in the NHS with the certainty to work better…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI would be careful about making that argument if I were the hon. Gentleman. Over the last decade, the Scottish Government have increased spending on their NHS slower than we have…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillYes, absolutely. If we use technology to set up a better booking system for GPs, it turns out that we reduce by a third the number of times people do not attend.27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillSomebody on the Opposition Front Bench just shouted, “Oh, come on!” when I talked about saving huge amounts of money by reducing by a third the number of people who do not attend…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillExactly. That is precisely true, and what is so frustrating is this—perhaps my hon. Friend knows the answer to this question: what did they do with the half a billion pounds that…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI am glad that you gave us a chance to listen to the hon. Lady, Madam Deputy Speaker, because that was a very important intervention. Life expectancy is rising, but I will not…27 Jan 2020