But surely that simply states that there shall be a requirement to provide information. It does not then give the Secretary of State a power to intervene. All it means is that one has an informed Secretary of State, which is tremendously helpful, but not a Secretary of State who is able to say, ““Well, this is clearly not in the public interest in terms of the way that these moneys have been disbursed””.
Health and Social Care Bill
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Lord Harris of Haringey
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 25 October 2011.
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Debate on bills on Health and Social Care Bill.
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