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Proceeding contribution from Earl Howe (Conservative) 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

It needs to be a body that is separate from the NHS Commissioning Board. Determining what represents an appropriate price in the system is a very specialised discipline. We think that it will be helpful to have a sector-specific regulator doing that work. I would be happy to write to the noble Baroness setting out our rationale on this, but I make no pretence that this is a complex job. We do not think that it can be done very readily at the local level, although it would not be impossible. We think that local commissioners will need to be supported in this task.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
732 c1026 
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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