"My Lords, this has been a very good debate, again, and I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Howe, for his sympathy. I really support the plea from the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, for more thought to be given to the specific area of redress for the three groups …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I know how generous the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, has been with his time. I can but hope for a sympathetic response and beg leave to withdraw my amendment...." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I have Amendment 176, the second amendment in this group, and two other amendments. I shall start with Amendment 176 which is concerned with the treatment of thyroid patients who continue to be denied liothyronine, otherwise known as T3, as the most appropriate treatment for them. For some …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, my Amendments 165 and 166 are rather more focused than the last group. They are probing amendments, rather than me urging that Ministers take the specific wording of them.
One of the rather surprising characteristics of integrated care systems is that they are not defined in the Bill, …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl and to the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, for her helpful interventions on primary care, which were very important.
In essence, the noble Earl said that we should be reassured because, either through the constitution of the ICB or through the more …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, we come to Clause 39, which I think is one of the most significant ways in which the Bill will increase the powers of the Secretary of State over the NHS. The clause gives a general power of direction over NHS England in the exercise of its functions. …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, this has been a very significant debate, because when the Minister referred to the fact that Ministers needed to have the answers, I realised that the intention is to go back to command and control from the centre. It was quite clear: that is the intention. I think …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his response, which he has clearly put a great deal of thought into. At the end of the day, what is being proposed is a very top-down, hierarchical approach to running the health service. ICBs may be accountable to NHS …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech