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Proceeding contribution from Lord Sentamu (Bishops (affiliation)) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 16 November 2011. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Health and Social Care Bill.

Health and Social Care Bill

As the Minister resumes her seat, I would ask: if the matter is so serious, what is the problem with changing the word from ““may”” to ““must””? What difficulty does that bring? Seeing the seriousness of the matter, why do the Government continue to say, ““We will watch this””, ““We will do this””, or ““There will be a review of this””? This is a very simple amendment. I would have thought that they could, for once, admit and accept that the amendment be inserted, instead of postponing for some future thing. What is the real problem? I have not heard an answer to why ““may”” must remain and ““must”” must not be inserted.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
732 c771 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disability Children Disclosure of information Alcoholic drinks Armed forces Costs Advisory services Equality Health Hospitals Health services Finance Environmental health HIV/AIDS Homelessness Learning disability District councils Hepatitis Local government NHS Prisons Misuse Measurement Mental health services Mental health Obesity Maternity services Schools Reform Communication skills Risk assessment Secure psychiatric units Speech and language disorders NHS Commissioning Board Public Health England Health and wellbeing boards Veterans Clinical commissioning groups
Legislation
Health and Social Care Bill 2010-12
Link
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