Clause 1 — NHS Foundation Trusts

Part of Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill – in the House of Commons at 1:45 pm on 8 July 2003.

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Photo of Mr David Hinchliffe Mr David Hinchliffe Labour, Wakefield 1:45, 8 July 2003

If my hon. Friend looks at the Health Committee report, he will see that we calculated that, rather than getting rid of bureaucracy, the new system would increase it. I remember speaking in support of my hon. Friend's candidature when he stood in Doncaster and I argued against the Tory internal market. He was with me on that. He may not be with me at the moment, but the principles are the same. I hope that he understands that we are talking about the internal market, which he opposed before he became a Labour MP.