Clause 50 - Offences relating to disclosure or use of information
Health Bill
6:15 pm
Andrew Lansley (Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Health; South Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
I did not have the opportunity to ask this earlier, but I am keen that we should, in each case, ask about the basis for decisions about the level of penalties associated with particular offences under the legislation. Will the Minister explain the choice of penalties used here and whether that decision relates directly to any previous precedent?