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Proceeding contribution from Lord Warner (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 22 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

I would like to pursue the last point the Minister made. Is he saying that, after a lot of consultation, the Secretary of State may say, ““I have 35 objectives for you, laid out in the mandate, and I claim that the justification for that is the consultation process that we have had. You, the national Commissioning Board, better get on with it, and we will look at what you have done at the end of 12 months to see whether you have delivered those 35 objectives””? Can the Minister give us some idea what failure would look like? Would it mean failure on 10 objectives, or five, or 15? Where does the point come when the chairman and the chief executive get fired because they have not delivered the objectives in the mandate?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
732 c957 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Complaints Assets Costs Health Health services Land NHS Patients Ministerial powers Procurement Parliamentary scrutiny Standards Reform Monitor Care Quality Commission Local involvement networks NHS Commissioning Board Healthwatch England Clinical commissioning groups
Legislation
Health and Social Care Bill 2010-12
Link
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