My hon. Friend makes an important point about the Conservative Government’s impact on the national health service over the last decade, running it into the ground and leaving it in such a state when the covid pandemic hit.
As my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves), the shadow Chancellor, said last week:
“There are two tests for the package announced yesterday. First, does it fix social care? Secondly, is it funded fairly?”—[Official Report, 8 September 2021; Vol. 700, c. 327.]
Looking at the Bill, it is clearer than ever that the answer to both those questions remains a resounding no.