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Proceeding contribution from Lord Martin of Springburn (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 19 March 2012. It occurred during Debate on bill on Health and Social Care Bill.


Health and Social Care Bill

The noble Baroness makes a valid point but I am giving many examples of where certain individuals, such as some of her Cabinet colleagues, were not too keen about the Information Commissioner's instructions to this House and the other House. She will know that. In fact, some of her fellow Cabinet colleagues came to me and said, ““Good luck, we want you to appeal.””. I do not know whether it was discussed in Cabinet but I know that the sparks started flying. What do they say about failure? Failure is an orphan. I will not go down that road too far except to say that it certainly has been a road to Damascus. There have been a lot of decisions by the Information Commissioner that the noble Baroness and her Cabinet colleagues did not want. I am prepared to put them down item by item and to tell her about the Cabinet Ministers, some at very high level, who were prepared to go against an Information Commissioner's decision.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
736 c647 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Conditions of employment Accountability Charities Directors Civil servants Ancillary staff Advocacy Equality Health Health services Finance Fees and charges Health Protection Agency Health professions NHS Staff Registration Standards Training Reform VAT Research Accident and emergency departments Risk assessment NHS Commissioning Board Public Health England Clinical commissioning groups Healthcare assistants
Legislation
Health and Social Care Bill 2010-12
Link
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