Care Bill [HL] — Committee (7th Day) (Continued)

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 9:30 pm on 22 July 2013.

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Photo of Earl Howe Earl Howe The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health 9:30, 22 July 2013

The noble Lord makes an extremely important point, and one that has not been lost on us. We recognise that ownership structures can be extremely complex and that true ownership can be hidden from normal view. It is one of the factors that we will have to build into our discussions with the CQC. I do not pretend that there is an easy answer because some businesses quite consciously and deliberately set themselves up to ensure that it is very difficult to probe the true state of their financial affairs and their true ownership. As and when I can come back to the noble Lord on where we are with that, I will be very happy to do so.