Health Bill [HL]

I join the noble Baroness, Lady Masham, in strongly supporting the points made by the noble Earl, Lord Howe, especially in relation to specialised services and to disabled people who, as we have heard, have not been well served by the health services,. I declare an interest as someone with a specialist condition. I also support the points made about carers by my noble friend Lady Pitkeathley. I know that when I have complications due to my spinal cord injury, it is my partner who then becomes my carer and is even more dependent on the quality of the health services than I am at that point. I hope my noble friend the Minister will be able to respond encouragingly to the points that have been made.