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Family Doctor Services

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way to me again. He is being very generous with his time. Perhaps I can help him. I have a letter from the commissioning lead for one of the primary care trust consortiums in my constituency, who says precisely the same about the need for piloting. He writes:"““The intentions of the bids are to encourage a range of pilots that will explore the potential and flexibility of the concept.””" Pilots could, he says, be"““existing health facilities which could be adapted or expanded… on-going developments””" or any other combination that local people decided was good for their area. I do not understand where the hon. Gentleman is coming from when he says that there is no flexibility and no ability to pilot. That letter makes it entirely clear that the flexibility exists. [Interruption.]