Jim Wells: ...arrangements in the Irish Republic are as strong as they are in the United Kingdom. We also have other step-up beds available, here and in the rest of the UK. The Minister for Health in England, Jeremy Hunt, has suggested that, if the worst comes to the worst, we would be talking about single figures for the whole country. Therefore, there is sufficient capacity in the United Kingdom to...
Jim Wells: ...in clause 5 and paragraphs 1 to 6 of the schedule dealing with the objectives of regulators of health and social care professionals. In July of last year, the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, wrote to former Minister Poots seeking his agreement to a legislative consent motion (LCM) on provisions contained in a private Member's Bill that was introduced in Westminster in that...