Health and Social Care Bill

I guess I am more of a risk taker than the noble Earl and I believe that we could put a definition of this kind in the Bill. It would cause no confusion—indeed, it would remove it—in the minds of many people working day in, day out in the NHS. As to those who have asked, ““What is the purpose of some of the other changes?””, the noble Lord, Lord Owen, powerfully made the point that we need to give strong signals to these new players in the game. We want them to start off knowing that they will be held to account in their annual reports for monitoring their progress on integration. We want that: it is deliberate. We want them to know that Parliament put that in the Bill for a purpose. I am not satisfied with the Government's response and I beg leave to test the opinion of the House. Division on Amendment 38C Contents 206; Not-Contents 227. Amendment 38C disagreed. Clause 20 : Functions of Special Health Authorities Amendments 39 and 40 Clause 20 : Functions of Special Health Authorities Amendments 39 and 40 Moved by