Clause 1 - Duty on the Secretary of State to promote comprehensive health service based on social solidarity

Part of National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:45 pm on 24 February 2015.

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Photo of Jacob Rees-Mogg Jacob Rees-Mogg Conservative, North East Somerset 2:45, 24 February 2015

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. I agree that the article is quite impenetrable. However, might he try to translate it for us, so that we can develop some understanding, because he is widely regarded as one of the cleverest men in the House of Commons? While we still have the pleasure of his being here, perhaps he could turn his mind to a translation.