Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Bill

The new clause relates to clauses 2, 3 and 4. Clause 2 will place a duty on providers and commiss...

I am grateful to the Minister for his response and for the constructive way that we have dealt wi...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to consider:

New clause 3—Care and Quality Commission annua...

Before I make my remarks on the proposals, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Staffor...

At this point, we are considering new clause 2 and new clause 3, so it would be appropriate for t...

That is very good. I just wondered whether my hon. Friend wanted to respond on new clause 2 befor...

I would like to speak to new clauses 2 and 3 together. The new clauses tabled by my hon. Friend t...

I recall the extraordinary experience of discovering that in order for the original trust in Mid ...

I entirely agree. There were moves towards that when the Healthcare Commission, which was respons...

I distinctly remember insisting over and over again during the debates on the whole question of M...

I thank my hon. Friend for what he has said. I entirely agree that this is an extremely important...

I listened closely to the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). As I said earlier today, and ...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) for tabling these new clauses and ...

I have listened carefully to the arguments that have been put, including those from the Labour Fr...

I beg to move, That the new clause be read a Second time.

It is terribly important to use o...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. I am sorry to bring him on to familiar ground, but would t...

My hon. Friend quite properly puts that question to me as I am Chairman of the European Scrutiny ...

indicated assent.

I see him nodding and I am glad that I managed to pass that test. I am always grateful to my hon....

Again, I am most grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) for tabling t...

I want to speak in support of my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). This is an ...

I recall that Disraeli also said, “The Tory party is a national party or it is nothing.”

Indeed, although I am less clear on the relevance of that, and I was not intending to swap Disrae...

My hon. Friend used the word “ensuring”. That reminds me that insurance is a very important ingre...

My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. It is possible that that is taken care of by other par...

I apologise for not being here when my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) opened...

My hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. Does he accept—perhaps the Minister will comme...

I take my hon. Friend’s point. I am not entirely sure, though, how robust that process is or whet...

I have just checked the territorial extent of the Bill, and parts of it apply to Wales as well, s...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. That enhances the complication that could arise as an unintend...

As my hon. Friend will appreciate, the new clause says:

“The Secretary of State shall by or...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He may be right that the points I make can be overcome in one wa...

Thank you for calling me to speak, Madam Deputy Speaker, and happy new year.

I listened clo...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) for tabling the new claus...

Is the Minister satisfied that the measure complies with European law and that we do not need a n...

I hope I can reassure my hon. Friend on that. I am absolutely sure that our measures are consiste...

I welcome what the Minister has said and commend him for that initiative. In order for us to be a...

The revalidation process is ongoing and is reviewing everybody on the medical register. It is ver...

I have listened to the Minister with great care and interest on the question of language skills. ...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I thank all those who have worked ...

I simply want to say how glad I am that the Bill has reached its Third Reading and to congratulat...

I follow my hon. Friend the Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) in congratulating my hon. Friend ...

I, too, pay tribute to the work of the hon. Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy). The diligence an...

We have had a productive debate, and I thank hon. Members on both sides of the House for their co...