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Health Bill [HL]

I think that both noble Lords who have spoken are being a bit curmudgeonly about this. Prizes are much sought after, and it is a matter for debate whether for the kudos or the money. However, I do not think that anyone in the health service who wins such a prize would put the money into an offshore bank account or book a holiday to go around the world. They would plough it back into their research into what they want to do. I have to have a little go at the noble Earl, Lord Howe, because for years the Conservative Party railed against ideas such as that children should be equal, that nothing should be competitive, that everyone must be given the same level of recognition and that it is bad to be a loser or a winner. Come on, here we are saying to people working in the health service, "Be a winner. Do something great. Think of something different"—if they have the time, that is. What I have not mentioned is that we need to have a bit of slack in the health service so that people have enough time to think of new ways of doing things. Let us be a bit more visionary about it.