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NHS Redress Bill [HL]

I was talking about two different issues. One is the extent to which it may become apparent that a particular case is outside the financial ceiling of the scheme. In that case, the patient will not be given an offer. I should have made clear that they will be given an explanation of why they have not been given an offer, but they will not be given an offer under the redress scheme because that would be outside its scope. I was also saying that, separately from the circumstances where a case was likely to exceed the ceiling of £20,000, there might be rare circumstances in which an explanation of what had gone wrong might not be appropriate. In that case, it would be for the Secretary of State to decide under the subordinate regulations which would be subject to affirmative resolution. I am sorry for the confusion, but there are two separate issues.