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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 21 June 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Andy Burnham. The answering member was Lord Lansley.

Shipman Inquiry

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on the Shipman Inquiry.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
461 c509-44WH 
Session
2006-07
Department
Department of Health
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 461 c521WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that thoughtful presentation; before I call the hon. Member for Calder Vall...
Speaker | 461 c517WH (Link to this contribution) Order. You will have to learn to be a bit briefer than that, Mr. Harris.
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Speaker | 461 c526WH;461 c525-6WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise for not addressing Dr. Harris correctly earlier. I failed to realise either that I had m...
Speaker | 461 c544WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Burnham. Before I put the Question, I want to thank the Minister and all hon. Members...
Andy Burnham | 461 c511-2WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I agree. The package of reform that we introduced in February does retain the system of indepen...
Evan Harris | 461 c510-1WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the way in which the Minister has introduced the topic. May I explore an issue with him? H...
Andy Burnham | 461 c509-10WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that we have been able to secure time this afternoon to debate the findings of the Ship...
Lord Lansley | 461 c511WH (Link to this contribution) I share the gratitude of our colleague, the hon. Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon (Dr. Harris), ...
Andy Burnham | 461 c511WH (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with the hon. Gentleman. The guiding principle of every measure that has been and w...
Chris McCafferty | 461 c521-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on behalf of my constituents in Calder Valley and those o...
Andrew Gwynne | 461 c523-5WH (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Calder Valley (Chris McCafferty). She and ...
Andy Burnham | 461 c520-1WH (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely that that is what we need to create. The systems that we are describing should tran...
Andy Burnham | 461 c517-20WH (Link to this contribution) I take the point made by the hon. Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon. It was, perhaps, inadvisable...
Lord Lansley | 461 c520WH (Link to this contribution) I am prompted to intervene by the Minister’s remark about the relationship between professional regu...
Andy Burnham | 461 c527WH (Link to this contribution) It is important that I say that I do not agree with the point that Government regulation is being pr...
Evan Harris | 461 c526-7WH (Link to this contribution) I was shocked that you had even made a mistake, Mr. Hancock, such is your reputation for accuracy. I...
Andy Burnham | 461 c514-6WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that. The Committee talked about the importance of the system of dea...
Lord Lansley | 461 c516WH (Link to this contribution) I do not want to intrude on the private grief of Departments trying to resolve these matters between...
Andy Burnham | 461 c516WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will accept that these matters are extremely complex and of huge import for every...
Andy Burnham | 461 c514WH (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s frustration, perhaps, and the need to make progress. We all feel t...
Evan Harris | 461 c517WH (Link to this contribution) I hear what the Minister says and I am grateful to him in so far as he is giving us an understanding...
Andy Burnham | 461 c516-7WH (Link to this contribution) It would be the Bill or the two Bills that deal with these matters. I hope that they would be dealt ...
Lord Lansley | 461 c537-8WH (Link to this contribution) I understand; the hon. Gentleman slightly tempts me, but I shall not go too far along that line. The...
Evan Harris | 461 c538WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Lord Lansley | 461 c536-7WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I am sure that that is a shared intention. However, let me give two relevant examples that will...
Evan Harris | 461 c537WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the intelligent way in which the hon. Gentleman is going about this discussion. Ho...
Lord Lansley | 461 c538WH (Link to this contribution) I shall give way, and then I must finish.
Evan Harris | 461 c538WH (Link to this contribution) Is there not a problem? I have to say that I have not investigated the matter fully, so these are in...
Lord Lansley | 461 c538-9WH (Link to this contribution) Yes. I am not a lawyer, so such a subject trespasses slightly outside my expertise. The hon. Gentlem...
Andy Burnham | 461 c543-4WH (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman has stuck to his view. I do not seek to inject a party political note...
Evan Harris | 461 c543WH (Link to this contribution) I will reflect on what the Minister has said. It has implications for elected people who regulate li...
Andy Burnham | 461 c539-43WH (Link to this contribution) I echo the last remark of the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Lansley). If we can create s...
Evan Harris | 461 c527-9WH (Link to this contribution) I accept what the Minister says. There is a debate to be had about terminology and I did not mean to...
Lord Lansley | 461 c529WH (Link to this contribution) I intend to speak about this matter, but I want to be clear about the point that the hon. Gentleman ...
Evan Harris | 461 c529WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point, but there are two ways of looking at the matter. Loss of live...
Lord Lansley | 461 c529WH (Link to this contribution) I am not competent to explain what ““serious”” means in this context, so I shall not even attempt to...
Evan Harris | 461 c529-30WH;461 c530WH (Link to this contribution) I understand that, and I think the hon. Gentleman is making the point that it is perhaps the severit...
Andy Burnham | 461 c530WH (Link to this contribution) Could I inject a note of caution, as it is important not to lose sight of the bigger picture? The pr...
Evan Harris | 461 c530-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the Minister’s explanation. I want to reinforce my point about the motivation for ...
Lord Lansley | 461 c533-5WH (Link to this contribution) I join others in thanking the Minister for securing us this opportunity to debate the issues, not le...
Andy Burnham | 461 c536WH (Link to this contribution) That will be an area of debate on the legislation, but can I be clear that the hon. Gentleman accept...
Lord Lansley | 461 c535-6WH (Link to this contribution) Exactly—that is indeed what the Minister is proposing. However, we are dealing, in that sense, with ...
Evan Harris | 461 c512WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his comments. I can confirm that my hon. Friend the Member for Har...
Andy Burnham | 461 c512-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful that the hon. Gentleman has put that on the record. As the Shipman inquiry recognised...
Evan Harris | 461 c514WH (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to interrupt the Minister’s flow, and I do not know if he is coming back to the coroners’...
Subjects
Complaints Coroners Inquiries Homicide Legislation General practitioners NHS Patients Protection Prescription drugs Regulation Registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships Harold Shipman Tribunal of Inquiry Shipman, Harold
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