Part of National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:45 pm on 10 February 2015.
Following the intervention that my hon. Friend has just taken, would it not be right to say that his amendment points to the “H” of NHS— health—which is surely what the national health service should be about? It is surely about medical necessity as opposed to the rather vague term of social solidarity.