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Health and Social Care Bill

I would like to take up the points made by my noble friend. In the light of this being a probing amendment and particularly in the light of other independent bodies, I am concerned about the position of independent midwives, of which there are roughly 150. These exceptional midwives offer a really remarkable service for some very vulnerable women. They were the model that I used when I drew up the policy for the report, Changing Childbirth. I want an assurance from the Minister that, to repeat the phrase that she used in an earlier debate, there are no unintended consequences that might result in these remarkable women being put out of their jobs and their profession due to the Bill before us. If she could give me that assurance, I would be grateful.