Speeches by Smyth.

“Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.”

“However, we recognise the importance of driving improvements in maternity and neonatal care so that ratings can improve over time. We acknowledge that we must reset maternity and neonatal services, which is why we commissioned the national investigation and have introduced a maternity commissioner. It is also why we ar…”

“Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for North Shropshire for bringing this discussion before the Committee. I put on record our thanks for the work she has done in this area and for her engagement with me, and indeed with officials at the Department, to help us understand it more clearly, particularly in the light of the …”

“Clause 65 ordered to stand part of the Bill.”

“Sitting suspended.”

“Schedule 9 agreed to.”

“Clause 64 ordered to stand part of the Bill.”

“Clause 65”

“Clause 62 underscores the importance that we place on special reviews and investigations, and it will maintain the Care Quality Commission’s ability to conduct them by ensuring that the CQC’s investigatory role remains properly aligned with its original statutory purpose. The CQC is the independent regulator of health …”

“I thank the hon. Lady for her comments. The purpose of the new clauses is to support our life sciences and medicine sector, in order to make that more streamlined. She will be aware of the proposals about the negative and affirmative procedure. If there were particular issues of scrutiny, normal parliamentary rules and…”

“I am going to persist on some of these arguments. I think I have addressed all the points made by the Opposition. It is the job of effective leadership to manage those interests and responsibilities, and that is what we expect of the CQC’s leadership. I will now turn to the amendments on this topic, which I thank the h…”

“Abolition of arrangements with Local Healthwatch organisations”

“On resuming—”

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“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. This morning, we had really good and detailed exchanges about patient safety and learning the role of HSSIB. Often politics is confrontational and divisive, but I want to be clear that I take at face value that every single Member who has spoken and who I have …”

“I want to make some points first. I will pick up any outstanding points I do not cover. The abolition of HSSIB and the transfer of its functions to CQC is being done to strengthen the link between patient safety investigations and the action being taken on the frontline to simplify the patient safety landscape. We want…”

“Clause 51”

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“Sharing information about births and deaths”