Results 1-3 of 3 for foundation hospital speaker:John Bercow
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (Programme) (No. 2) (8 Jul 2003)
Mr John Bercow: ...there is no desperate urgency about the passage of the Bill, and that the programme motion provides for less than one minute to be devoted to debate on each new clause and amendment relating to foundation hospitals, can the hon. Gentleman think of any reason for the programme motion other than a desire on the part of the Government to limit to an absolute minimum the opportunity for their...
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill (7 May 2003)
Mr John Bercow: Given that the Secretary of State, backed by the Prime Minister, originally appeared to support the principle that foundation hospitals should be free to borrow on the open market, outwith central control, in order to fund the necessary expansion of services, but that he has now submitted to the imposition of a Treasury straitjacket, can he tell the House whether he and the Prime Minister...
- Health and Pensions (14 Nov 2002)
Mr John Bercow: ...of a national pay bargaining system is that it inevitably fails to take into account higher costs of living in parts of the country where there are staff shortages that we need to tackle, will foundation hospitals have absolute discretion and control over pay? If not, how and to what extent will that freedom be circumscribed?
