Speeches by Robertson.

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“HB59 Simon Adams, Chair of Healthwatch Worcestershire”

“HB54 Dr H J Gallagher, medical and dental governor”

“It is a pleasure to serve on the Committee with you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. I echo and endorse all the comments made by the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham, who was comprehensive in setting out our position. I therefore speak from a broad consensus surrounding the Committee t…”

“The shadow Minister points to a much wider issue entirely relevant to the Government’s plans here: the more reorganisation we do, the more we shrink the bandwidth to deal with smaller and more operational problems because so much of the resource has been pulled in. In my area, although it is probably true everywhere, r…”

“HB50 Richmond Group of Charities”

“Soaring taxes are putting visitors off coming to the UK—that is what the boss of British Airways says. Does the Minister agree?”

“HB42 Heidi”

“Oh dear, that is not an answer to the question I asked. My question was about the tax burden on the tourism sector in this country. National insurance is up, and we have new taxes on part-time work. An overnight visitor levy is in the pipeline, and there are extra taxes on air passengers and ferry passengers. This Gove…”

“HB56 Dr Ata-Amonoo MD MSc MBA (International Economics/Risk)”

“HB60 SpaMedica Ltd”

“In my own NHS trust—the hon. Member for Winchester referred to Hampshire and Isle of Wight—there appear to be 800 jobs under threat, yet I have seen correspondence in which an existing provider of electronic records offers what appears to be a £1.2 million saving by rolling out the record system they already use to oth…”

“HB44 Chris Byrne MBA”

“HB49 British Medical Association (BMA)”

“HB45 Don Beckett, Director, Healthwatch Worcestershire”

“HB46 Healthwatch North East & North Cumbria (joint submission)”

“In terms of accountability, the intention behind setting up NHS England was to try and take the politics out of delivering health and out of operational decision making. The concern is that the reverse will happen if we get rid of it; we may layer in extra politics around it. At the end of the day, the responsibility f…”

“In another speech, made by another politician in another way and in another place, cutting bureaucracy might also be described as cutting costs. Where the money saved from cutting that bureaucracy management is spent and directed is fundamental. My right hon. Friend the Member for Melton and Syston set out that there s…”

“HB47 Care and Support Alliance”

“HB48 Health Foundation”