Committee (1st Day)

Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in the House of Lords at 7:45 pm on 25 October 2011.

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Photo of Earl Howe Earl Howe The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health 7:45, 25 October 2011

I made that point in connection with education and training where, as I have said repeatedly, we are still in consultation. As regards the Secretary of State's powers and duties in this Bill, they are very clear; there is no ambiguity about them. We are going to be debating an amendment in the name of my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay, and I do not want to pre-empt that, but that amendment seems to set out very satisfactorily what the Secretary of State's powers are. It draws them together very well.