Committee (1st Day)

Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in the House of Lords at 8:45 pm on 25 October 2011.

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Photo of Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Harris of Haringey Labour 8:45, 25 October 2011

But surely that simply states that there shall be a requirement to provide information. It does not then give the Secretary of State a power to intervene. All it means is that one has an informed Secretary of State, which is tremendously helpful, but not a Secretary of State who is able to say, "Well, this is clearly not in the public interest in terms of the way that these moneys have been disbursed".