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Proceeding contribution from Earl Howe (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 13 December 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

Monitor would ask itself: is the arrangement we are looking at for, let us say, an A&E department that had no competition for miles around, anti-competitive? The answer might well be no, it is not. As I said earlier, the very fact that there is no competition to a service does not mean that it is anti-competitive. Monitor will make a judgment on whether the service is operating in the interests of patients. However, I think that we are getting into an area where it would be beneficial to have a letter from me setting out exactly how the law is applied and by whom.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
733 c1141 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disability Children Compensation Accountability Disadvantaged Competition Health Health services Fees and charges Licensing Education Human rights EU law Insolvency Innovation Homelessness Home care services Private sector NHS Older people Procurement Mergers Negligence NHS foundation trusts Standards Special educational needs Training Regulation Reform Social services Monitor Treatment centres Sexual and reproductive health NHS Commissioning Board Healthwatch England Cooperation and Competition Panel
Legislation
Health and Social Care Bill 2010-12
Link
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