Clause 9
Health Bill [Lords]
2:00 pm
Michael Penning (Shadow Minister, Health; Hemel Hempstead, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment 92, in clause 9, page 6, line 4, after first ‘State’, insert
‘and simultaneously laid before Parliament’.
The amendment provides for greater parliamentary scrutiny of quality accounts by ensuring that they are laid before Parliament at the same time as they are submitted to the Secretary of State. That is an important principle for all parliamentarians, and one to which the Minister should give consideration. It is clear that if quality accounts are to be successful, widespread engagement with them is needed, including by parliamentarians, especially if we are to represent our constituencies correctly.