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Health and Social Care Bill

I am coming in later to talk on the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Stern, but I heard something so inherently and deliciously ““Alice in Wonderland”” that I need it confirmed. Something goes seriously wrong in an NHS hospital. The hospital is fined: it does not matter what the sum is. The money goes into one pocket and it is given back to the hospital to do something with. Where does the fine go, and what on earth is the point of fining the taxpayer? I always find that slightly dotty because it just goes round the system. It is not a real fine and the only people who suffer are the public.