Clause 138 — Making complaints etc electronically

Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 5:15 pm on 17 May 2007.

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Amendments made: No. 108, page 96, line 3, leave out subsection (1).

No. 109, page 96, line 5, after '32' insert

'of the Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)'.

No. 110, page 96, line 8, after '34' insert 'of that Act'.— [ Mr. Alan Campbell .]

Further consideration adjourned.— [ Mr. Alan Campbel l .]

Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee, to be further considered tomorrow.

Photo of Norman Lamb Norman Lamb Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Health)

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Have you received any notice from the Secretary of State for Health that she intends to come to the House to make a statement to correct the record in the light of the statement made to the High Court today by Nicholas Greenfield, an official at the Department of Health, in the judicial review proceedings on the medical training application service, to the effect that one of the primary causes for the abandonment of the system for appointing junior doctors was that the IT system could not be relied upon to deal with appointments properly or effectively? In other words—the Department had no alternative but to abandon the scheme. That is a highly embarrassing fact and a key point that she omitted to mention in her written statement and in her response to this week's urgent question.

Photo of Sylvia Heal Sylvia Heal Deputy Speaker

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order, but it is not something for the Chair to rule on. I have certainly not been made aware that any Minister wishes to come to the House on that matter.