Health Bill [HL]

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her reply, which was in large measure reassuring. She acknowledged that there is a concern about the readiness of PCTs. The pharmacy White Paper included a further statement at paragraph 8.67: ""Given the Government’s conclusion that commissioning development within PCTs is not yet at a stage where PCTs can be charged with full contractual responsibilities, there will remain a ‘control of entry’ regime"." I would feel much easier about PNAs, which in principle I think are a perfectly sound idea, if we could be more definite that they would not be rolled out until it is absolutely clear that PCTs have the capability to properly implement them. From what the Minister said, I think that the Government are conscious of this. I hope that we will not see any unexpected disasters along the way. It is something that we need to monitor fairly closely, and I think that we can do that from this Chamber. In the mean time, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 64 withdrawn. Amendment 65 not moved.