Naomi House Children's Hospice

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 6:00 pm on 4 December 2008.

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Photo of Oliver Letwin Oliver Letwin Shadow Minister without Portfolio 6:00, 4 December 2008

I wonder whether the Minister has quite taken the force of the point made by Mr. Oaten. We do not yet know what any PCT will have to do. If it transpires that because this matter was not investigated by the Government now, some months from now more public money is being spent on providing a service than would have been spent if the outreach service, for example, had been funded at this stage through Naomi House, that would amount to an increase in public expenditure. It would be sad, to say the least, if there were both a gap in provision and an increase in public expenditure, when there could have been less public expenditure and no gap in the service.