Clause 41
Health and Social Care Bill
1:15 pm
Stephen O'Brien (Shadow Minister, Health; Eddisbury, Conservative)
It seems a sensible proposal. It is difficult to understand why the Government are confining themselves to quality standards in NHS care and not beyond. Under the current system in which Ministers have day-to-day control of the NHS, one would have thought they would be doing this anyway and that the role would be distinct from that of the regulator. We must question what the underlying reason is for the power here. That is the argument.