Results 1-6 of 6 for foundation hospital speaker:Eric Forth
- Business of the House (26 Jun 2003)
Mr Eric Forth: ...controversial, and the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill—which, again, has been given only one day, even though we have still properly to consider GP contracts and foundation hospitals—to say nothing of the Finance Bill, to which I suppose we must expect an amendment to be tabled in the name of the tax-raising Leader of the House to hold with what he...
- Government Reshuffle (17 Jun 2003)
Mr Eric Forth: ...separate and distinct voices of Scotland and Wales in the Cabinet have been utterly confused and downgraded; a Scottish Member of Parliament is in charge of health in England, imposing on England a foundation hospital system that was rejected in Scotland, yet no English Member is allowed a say on health policy in Scotland. Another Scottish Member is responsible for transport in England...
- Government Reshuffle (17 Jun 2003)
Mr Eric Forth: No. I must press on, as I am very conscious of the passage of time. The Secretary of State for Health will have the task of pushing through the House the Bill establishing foundation hospitals in England—the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill—even though the proposal has been rejected by the Labour-run Scottish Assembly. Has the right hon. Gentleman...
- Business of the House (1 May 2003)
Mr Eric Forth: I thank the Leader of the House for letting us have the business. The Second Reading of the foundation hospitals Bill will take place on 7 May. Will he reconsider whether one day is enough to allow his colleagues to air their views on that Bill? He said last night, in the pleasant little exchange that we had on a parliamentary matter, how grateful he was for the unusual support that he was...
- Business of the House (10 Apr 2003)
Mr Eric Forth: ..., and of the nature of the vehicle by which the Chancellor's excellent statement will be brought to fruition. Finally, may I ask the new Leader of the House when we are going to see the foundation hospitals Bill?
- Business of the House (27 Mar 2003)
Mr Eric Forth: ...to those crucial vacancies and when will the Prime Minister start to take the House of Commons and, indeed, Parliament more seriously than he obviously does at the moment? What has happened to the foundation hospitals Bill? It was, I thought, a flagship of the Government's legislative programme. Has it run aground? Is it possible that the reason for the non-appearance of the Bill is that...