Health and Social Care Bill (Programme) (No. 3)

I do not mean in any way to suggest that the right hon. Gentleman does not believe what he has just said, but what if he is wrong? It is all very well for him to say, ““We're going to lift the private patient cap—we have these safeguards and I believe they're sufficient to ensure that NHS patients won't suffer,”” and he may be right. However, the difficulty is that he may be wrong, so why are we taking this risk at a time like this? What is the point? What is the benefit?