NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc.) Bill

It is not just about the duplication of effort but about the fact that money that has been spent ...

My hon. Friend is an energetic champion of deregulation and trying to cut away as much red tape a...

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate and to support the Second Reading of the Bill. Discussing...

Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the benefits of this independence is that it encourages not...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Charities depend on the money and time donated. That might me...

Does my hon. Friend agree that, under this new model, charities will be able to bring in a new bl...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In my constituency, for example, we have many people over the...

The risk attached to the appointment by the Secretary of State is the perception that it might be...

I could not have put it better myself. My hon. Friend is right that although the Secretary of Sta...

Sometimes they are Ministers.

Indeed. This is a bit like the reforms to school governors, where we have reduced the number of l...

None from the Lib Dems.

I accept that at the moment a Lib Dem and an endangered species have something in common. I will ...

I rise in support of this Bill, which has been promoted by my hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge...

It is a great pleasure to rise in support of this Bill and in support of my hon. Friend the Membe...

rose—

I give way to my hon. Friend.

I asked my hon. Friend to give way just to give the House pause to recalibrate itself as it gets ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point; occasionally there are innovations that ar...

My hon. Friend shares my dislike of overweening Executive action. Does he agree that sometimes in...

I have great sympathy with what my hon. Friend says; it is so important that we have enough time....

I thank my great and hon. Friend, an advocate of the 16th century, for giving way. Does he consid...

Madam Deputy Speaker is giving me one of her looks. As much as I would like to discuss reform of ...

My hon. Friend might like to know that examples of jobbery abound in Wales. It might be useful to...

Order. I must remind the hon. Lady for the sake of good form—I appreciate that she has not been i...

My hon. Friend makes an absolutely brilliant and crucial point. We want to get away from jobbery ...

There is a current example of grotesque jobbery in the appointment by the Prime Minister of the C...

Order. I really have tried to give as much leeway as I can this morning to this debate, but I can...

There was an urgent question on the matter, and I do not think that there is any more for me to s...

Shame!

I know. The Minister in his seat is looking appalled at that suggestion, but it is true. Many peo...

My hon. Friend is bringing his usual fairy dust to this debate. Does he agree that this is about ...

I am extremely grateful for that intervention, because that is exactly the point. It is one of th...

The reason behind the Bill and for removing the Secretary of State’s powers to appoint trustees s...

My hon. Friend really is a truly radical parliamentarian in the train of her predecessor, because...

rose—

I give way to my fellow Garrick member.

I hate to contradict my proposer to the club, but I think that A.A. Milne gave his royalties to t...

I was confusing my authors of children’s literature. I got “Winnie-the-Pooh” right; I was just at...

My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. I wonder whether he supports legislation that would au...

That is an interesting point, but probably, no, I would not agree. Such an extension should happe...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that he is damaging his reputation talking this nonsense?

If I were talking nonsense, Madam Deputy Speaker would rule me out of order under Standing Orders...

Order. For the avoidance of doubt, I do not need the hon. Gentleman’s help to know when nonsense ...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. That is a side concern, but it is something that everyone in the...

I apologise for missing the first 14 minutes of the hon. Gentleman’s short speech. He has discuss...

Order. Sometimes it is difficult for the occupant of the Chair to work out whether an interventio...

Madam Deputy Speaker, I have never sought to model myself on Nostradamus, so I am not looking int...

I am grateful for the opportunity to take part in the debate. I am pleased to follow my hon. Frie...

It will be not just independence but the flexibility to bring in different skills and talents tha...

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. One important step being taken by Alder Hey is in ground-br...

Perhaps I should declare an interest. I was born in Alder Hey hospital and had a myringotomy ther...

Indeed. My hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset made a similar point. It is important t...

My constituency has a number of hospices and charities—Velindre cancer centre and George Thomas h...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that matter. He will be aware of the extensive issues...

The hon. Lady is right to point to Alder Hey’s excellent record. It covers north Wales and my con...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point, because one issue with the service re...

The point I was making is that under English votes for English laws, Welsh Members of Parliament ...

I am so grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point, because health services that my con...

It is very tempting to go down that path and discuss various issues relating to devolution, but I...

That is precisely why I support the Bill, and it is no doubt why my hon. Friend the Member for Al...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am afraid not, because I must make some progress.

Alder Hey hospital has been leading the...

I just want to say what I would have said had the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Antoinette Sandbach)...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) for bringing forward thi...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) on introducing this Bill, w...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) on securing her p...

The Minister says “his hospital”. He is obviously right that it is based in the constituency of t...

My hon. Friend makes a point that I would have gone on to make and was emphasised by him and seve...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that we are richer as a nation because of the unique combination ...

Yes. I do not think I am trespassing on any party political ground in saying that we should recog...

We have heard today about a great number of institutions that undertake such voluntary work. This...

My hon. Friend makes her point well. This is traditionally a time when people look very hard at w...

The Minister is making an excellent speech, as predicted during my own speech. Does he agree that...

It is about exactly that. In a world of never-ending resources, there would be no need to look fo...

My Bill focuses on the 16 charities that are either moving to independence or reverting to corpor...

My hon. Friend neatly sums up her Bill, which I will now address, and reminds us of the work of s...

One of the questions we have not touched on is how that transition will be made. Will the Ministe...

It will be. The procedure is very simple. Some of it is laid out in the Bill and some of it will ...

I am delighted that the Minister has raised the issue of mental health, because what we achieve i...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point about the community’s engagement and the way in which...

The Minister is being exceptionally generous in giving way to colleagues. Given the rapidly agein...

My hon. Friend makes a significant point about the use of the health service and the relationship...

There has been a National Audit Office report on Kids Company and I believe that the Public Admin...

That is absolutely right. The House will be pleased to know that I do not intend to go further do...

I assure hon. Members that my remarks will be brief, and I thank everyone who has contributed to ...