Health and Social Care Bill
10:30 am
Mr John Denham (Minister of State, Department of Health; Southampton, Itchen, Labour)
On a point of order, Mr. Maxton. It may be helpful to you and the Committee if I say something about the Government amendments that were tabled last night and others that will be tabled later today. The Government need to table a number of technical amendments to clauses that we shall be debating on Thursday. I regret that they should have been tabled so late in the day.
I shall be writing to right hon. and hon. Members today, setting out the nature of the amendments and explaining their purpose. I shall also endeavour to produce by 7 pm a consolidated version of the Bill, so that Committee members can see the amended version. If, on considering the amendments, right hon. and hon. Members wish to propose that the Sub-Committee should meet to consider extended sittings within the timetable, we would certainly consider it.