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Department of Health

I cannot agree with my hon. Friend about that. I will not say that he has a vested interest, although he has on some days of the week. All trusts pay exactly the same increases for the health professionals that he mentions, so why do some trusts work to budget when others overspend massively? That overspending is not right. It is not fair on those that keep to budget and try to do the best that they can within certain limits—although the limits have increased, year on year, for the past four years.