Health and Social Care Bill — Committee (8th Day)

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 6:45 pm on 28 November 2011.

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Photo of Lord Warner Lord Warner Labour 6:45, 28 November 2011

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Earl's flow but I have been extremely restrained today. Can he clarify for me the point that he has just made concerning clinical commissioning groups' constitutions? As I understand it-he can correct me if I am wrong- they have a considerable amount of freedom on how they frame the obligations in those constitutions. Is the Minister saying that there would be some requirements on them centrally from the board to cover areas such as patient involvement and patient choice?