Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill

But that is not the argument that I am pursuing. We are not debating the entirety of how health and social care should be held to account. What we are debating is the best mechanism for looking at the provision of services from the patient’s point of view. It is therefore the provision of the service, not the service provider—effectively, the interface with the patient—that we believe is important. Time is pressing and other hon. Members want to speak—[Interruption.]