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Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

As the Secretary of State knows, from day one I have called for a full public inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005, and I am glad that that request has been reiterated from my party's Front Bench today. Does the Secretary of State accept that many people feel that they did not obtain full justice from the report? The inquiry was held in private; furthermore, the very fact that the Secretary of State has arranged a further report from the same QC indicates that there should have been a full public inquiry in the first place. Does the Secretary of State agree that the self-assessment question—the issue of the emphasis placed by the people in the regulatory system on targets and money-driven rather than patient-focused care—is the key question that must be looked into in relation to Stafford, and that in order to get that right—