Lord Kamall (Con)

I thank the noble Lord for that intervention, as well. It reinforces the points I am going to come to—if that makes sense. The Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, ends the letter by saying: “Through these actions … we hope to ensure sustainable funding for palliative care and end-of-life care sector in the long term”. This is the Government’s stated intention. The next bit says: “I hope this letter has provided clarification on the queries you raised”. I will let noble Lords be the judge of whether it provides clarification. To be fair, the Minister copied the letter to all Peers who tabled amendments, as my noble friend Lord Harper said, and put a copy in the Library. I urge all noble Lords to read that letter to see whether they believe that it provides the clarification that many are seeking. If we feel that it does not, we should come back to this point in future weeks and raise these issues with the Government again. I hope the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, will take that on board when she answers. If she does not have the answer to many of these questions, we should wait for other noble Lords to read that letter, then maybe raise the questions again and ask whichever noble Baroness is on duty as the Minister in future weeks to answer questions on areas where we still believe there are gaps.