Clause 3 - GENERAL DUTY OF REGULATOR
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill
2:30 pm
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
I accept that some functions relate to standards and the like, and we shall discuss those later. Those form part of the structure of the NHS as a whole and are not the functions of the regulator. Perhaps I should be more precise. With regard to the functioning of the trusts, it is clear from clause 3 that the regulator's objectives are simply a reiteration of the Secretary of State's duties.