Clause 26 - Complaints about regulatory bodies
NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill
9:30 am
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire, Conservative)
On a point of order, Mr. Hurst. As we enter the last lap of the Bill, I seek your guidance. We have missed debates on clause 8 on the funding of primary care trusts, clause 20 on the abolition of community councils, clause 21 on the joint working with the prison service, a number of amendments, a new clause and so on. Can the Programming Sub-Committee influence, in any way, the amount of time available on Report for consideration of those matters? There is already a programming motion that allows for a day on Report and Third Reading, but that may not be enough. Because of the way in which programming works—undesirable as that is—we somehow never have the opportunity to debate important matters.