Results 1-4 of 4 for foundation hospital speaker:Vincent Cable
- Care Home Charges (9 May 2008) has video
Vincent Cable: .... It says that many of those people—who, almost by definition, have very little understanding of the price regime in operation—are, through their families, paying substantially more than what the Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls the "fair price". The Care Standards Commission, the relevant statutory body, did a study last October, in which it pointed out that a survey of 10...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Pre-Budget Report (6 Dec 2006)
Vincent Cable: ...that have been spent on science and on education, why has the number of British young people studying at A-level and equivalent the core disciplines of maths, science and modern languages—the foundations of a globalising economy—fallen since 1997 in both relative and absolute terms? Why are the fundamentals not being got right? I turn to the basic theme of the Chancellor's...
- Business of the House (1 May 2003)
Dr Vincent Cable: ...for my colleague, the hon. Member for North Cornwall (Mr. Tyler), who is in his constituency promoting local democracy. First, I welcome the fact that we shall have an early opportunity to debate foundation hospitals. In order to make clear the terms of that debate, can the Leader of the House explain in a little more detail what the Chancellor of the Exchequer meant in his comments to...
- Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Bill (31 Jan 2003)
Dr Vincent Cable: ...nationwide mutual with many thousands of adherents, providing community benefit, which is expanding and flourishing. There has been a growth of mutuality in the health sector. Regardless of whether foundation hospitals succeed and take a mutual form, many local doctors have formed mutuals to deal with after-hours care, for example. Mutual organisation provides a useful vehicle for that....