Schedule 3
Health Bill [Lords]
4:00 pm
Mike O'Brien (Minister of State (Health Services), Department of Health; North Warwickshire, Labour)
We wanted to allow reasonable time for investigations to take place; it is as simple as that. Investigations may be concluded more quickly, but, depending on the circumstances, they make take longer. The Secretary of State would not want to be in a position whereby he was unable properly and fairly to conduct a review of the suspension if requested to do so in an unrealistically short time.