Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:45 pm on 15th January 2008.
We will debate clause 5 later. I will happily address that question then, if I may, because my understanding is that because a direct payment would involve a state role—that is, state funding—it would fall under the auspices of the Human Rights Act. I will happily clarify that for the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton when we debate clause 5.