Health and Care Bill

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I want to address the issue of safeguarding. Let me be clear: creating more barriers to access do...

First, I apologise for being late to the debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. I appreciate your calling me ...

I will speak specifically to Lords amendments 85 to 88 on tobacco control. First, I pay tribute t...

This is such an important subject, so it is good that we are discussing it as part of the Bill. I...

It is exactly that; I could not agree more. I am sure that Ministers will work hard to try to fin...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham). I will speak bri...

I speak today in opposition to the amendment which aims to make the provision of home abortion pi...

Order. Three Members are standing and I want to get you all in, so we will have a four-minute tim...

Obviously, abortion is a deeply emotional issue and we probably all know where we stand, but this...

I rather think that men should enter the debate on abortion with a degree of trepidation and humi...

I have had more correspondence on Lords amendment 92 than on any other in the past 12 years. I sh...

Given that I spoke at length in my opening remarks, I will endeavour to use the few minutes remai...

Will the Minister give way?

I did promise not to take interventions, given the time, but I will take one from the hon. Lady, ...

May I add my backing to the call for support for Lords amendment 85? Yesterday many of us attende...

Before responding to the hon. Lady, I must correct myself. I should have said “With the leave of ...

I beg to move, that this House disagrees with Lords amendment 29.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Lords amendment 30, and Governmen...

It is a pleasure in discussing this set of amendments to be facing the shadow Secretary of State,...

I am aware that the Government have put in place their own plans for NHS workforce planning, but ...

My hon. Friend puts his finger on a key issue, which is the dynamic nature of workforce trends, w...

indicated assent.

The hon. Gentleman nods; as I say, I suspect that may be a rare moment of agreement on this group...

I draw the Minister’s attention to the 2 million Uyghurs who have been detained in concentration ...

I hope the hon. Lady will forgive me, because I will finish discussing the workforce amendments b...

Will the Minister give way?

I will make a little progress, then I will give way to the hon. Lady, as I tend to do. She is a r...

Will the Minister give way?

I will make a little more progress, then I will give way to the hon. Member for York Central (Rac...

When looking at workforce planning, it is really important not only that the Government depend on...

The hon. Lady will be pleased to know, or will I hope be reassured to a degree to know, that unde...

Does the Minister want to comment on the fact that 100-plus organisations—and not just those 100 ...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady, and she and I have worked together on a number of issues in the p...

Will the Minister give way?

I wanted to make a little progress, but I will give way to the Chair of the Select Committee.

Could the Minister possibly just tell me whether there is a single NHS organisation that is not s...

I may regret giving way to my right hon. Friend. I do not often say that, but perhaps I do now. I...

Will the Minister give way?

I will make a little progress if I may, but if the hon. Gentleman can shoehorn his way in a littl...

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I think the hon. Gentleman is seeking to intervene. I find it difficult to say no to him, so I wi...

The Minister is a thoroughly good man, and I am very grateful. He will be aware of the National A...

I am pleased I took the hon. Gentleman’s intervention on an issue that I know he has long taken a...

I thank the Minister for his response. My concern is the level of urgency. If the Government allo...

As ever, the hon. Lady makes her point courteously but clearly. As I said, depending on the time ...

I hope to speak on this subject if I catch your eye, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I want to make the...

I should say at this point that I was grateful for the opportunity to talk to my right hon. Frien...

It was a great pleasure to see the Minister at the Dispatch Box, but I must warn him and the Mini...

I have just returned from Lithuania, where I was speaking to the head of migration in a refugee c...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. It is certainly the case that refugees fleeing Ukrai...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is making an excellent speech. This debate is concentrated o...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right and she will know of our party’s ambitious commitments, outlin...

Will the hon. Member give way?

How can I resist?

The shadow Minister is always kind in giving way. I want to back up his comments about the right ...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. If I am honest, I suspect that the Minister and the Secre...

I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend’s speech; he is addressing absolutely the issues that ...

I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. To be honest, I do not know whether No. 10 or No. 11 ...

No, we will not.

As you already are, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I could not resist.

The problem is that unles...

Along with Mr Speaker and Mr Deputy Speaker, I have been in a similar position in Lancashire with...

I really do understand the hon. Member’s point. She would like to be able to save her services an...

I shall try to be brief. I rise to speak to amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords amendment 48,...

Order. It has only just become obvious to me that so many people wish to speak on this group of a...

It is, of course, 125 years since the birth of Aneurin Bevan, who famously said:

“Illness i...

Like the shadow Health Secretary, I rise to speak in support of amendment 29, which the Governmen...

I will support my right hon. Friend in standing up for Lords amendment 29, because when I look ba...

I thank my hon. Friend for that comment. He was an excellent cancer Minister. In our time, the bi...

Is it not the case that what my right hon. Friend is proposing is custom and practice in very man...

It is absolutely the case. We need something like this because, as I know—I will do my self-refle...

The Minister made a valiant effort to dissuade some of us from supporting Lords amendment 29—the ...

I rise to speak in support of Lords amendment 29, in the context of those who suffer brain tumour...

I concur with the comments made by every hon. and right hon. Member today, with the exception of ...

At its best, our national health service provides truly world-class care. That is down to the ski...

I wish to speak to Lords amendment 29 on the workforce. The most important thing I learned during...

I am surprised that the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) does not wish to speak. [Interru...

I certainly will make my points quickly. My first is on the organ transplant amendment, to which ...

As ever, I thank hon. and right hon. Members from all parts of the House for all their contributi...

Will the Minister give way?

I have literally 30 seconds left, so if my right hon. Friend’s intervention can be in five second...

Can the Minister tell his colleagues in the Government that there is never a good time? Now is th...

I think that was exactly five seconds, and I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. I suspect that ...

I congratulate the Minister on his perfect timing. That is very rarely done with such precision.<...

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 11.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Government amendment (a) in lieu ...

Let me repeat, quite legitimately, what I said in opening the debate on the previous group of ame...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Of course I will. I cannot say no to my hon. Friend.

I want to thank my hon. Friend for making that clear, because there was some concern that the Bil...

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend. He has come in at just the right time, because I was about ...

I thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for giving way. On the duties of integrated care boards, he ...

I can reassure my hon. Friend that under the changes we are putting in place through the integrat...

I want to ask the Minister about two matters. First, why are health inequalities not explicitly m...

The reason for that is that an amendment was brought forward on Report, and the matter was settle...

I really welcome Lords amendment 12 on palliative care. Can the Minister give us any more informa...

I can give my hon. Friend an assurance that we expect that to be the case. I will turn to palliat...

Will the Minister give way?

I want to make a little progress. If I make good time, I may be able to give way, but I am consci...

I would be grateful if the Minister answered my question about the triple aims, and the impact of...

I will address the care cap, because there is a fair bit to say. I was just addressing the noble ...

I am pleased that that concession has been made. However, a number of points of clarification wou...

I hope that I can give the hon. Lady reassurance. When we refer to “carers”, we intend that to be...

The Government’s plans are regressive when compared with the proposals under the 2014 Act. They a...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has been open and consistent in expressing his concerns abou...

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I have given way to the hon. Lady already in this debate, as I did in the debate on the previous ...

I am reminded of some training I had a few years ago, when my trainer said, “Karin, people will o...

I will speak briefly in favour of Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords amendment 51. I draw ...

I would like to start by talking about carers and safe discharge. I welcome the Government’s conc...

I have sat through all this debate and taken issue with the Government in some places and support...

I rise to speak in support of Lords amendments 51, 11 and 105. With this Bill, the Government are...

I congratulate the Government on their amendments on mental health. As a former Minister with res...

It was not my intention to speak in the debate, but I need to ensure that the point that has been...

I believe that everyone should have high-quality, personalised palliative care, and that is why I...

It is a pleasure to speak after my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson). He made ...

I am grateful to all colleagues who have spoken this evening. A number of the arguments were made...