Committee (1st Day)

Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in the House of Lords at 7:00 pm on 25 October 2011.

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Photo of Earl Howe Earl Howe The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health 7:00, 25 October 2011

I am surprised by that criticism because that is designed to capture trainees, who may not have a guaranteed job at the end of the day. If you simply refer to people who are already employed, you surely cut that cohort out of the equation. That is the purpose of those words, and I think they are entirely appropriate.