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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

I readily agree with much of what has been said, but will my noble and learned friend comment on the fact that there has been a system whereby some functions of the health service have been allocated to the private sector? I do not altogether agree with what has happened, but it is quite a small percentage of what has been agreed. I certainly do not go along with the generality of the remarks uncharacteristically made by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. I think that he has overstated the case enormously, but I would like an answer from my noble and learned friend to the points that I have raised.