Schedule 2 - Wales centre for health: further provision
Health (Wales) Bill
5:30 pm
Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster, Conservative)
I do, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing that up. I have a quote from Jane Hutt, who says:
''I am not being prescriptive, but I am saying we need to use regulations not to tie down the Wales Centre for Health, but at least provide the appropriate routes into the Wales Centre for Health and provide more clarity on the routes into the Wales Centre for Health.''
We are trying to clarify the amount of influence that the Welsh Assembly should have over the centre, and whether this aspect of the Bill would allow the centre to be a scapegoat should something go wrong. Removing paragraphs 6 and 7 would tidy up the Bill, so I am curious to hear why the Minister feels it is so important to leave them in.