Clause 41 - Standards set by Secretary of State
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill
9:15 am
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon, Liberal Democrat)
I do not wish to intrude on this interesting discussion, but suppose that the Welsh Assembly—including Welsh Labour—took the same view as the Audit Commission in its report this morning and decided that, as far as possible, it did not want those targets and their associated standards imposed on the Welsh people. Does the hon. Gentleman accept that, if that were the case, the way in which the Bill is written provides an escape—at least in Wales—from the imposition of what is a very poor policy, according to the Audit Commission? That is one benefit of devolution.