Forgive me, but before the Minister sits down, can I ask her to reflect and, if she wants to come back, to address the issue of who decides? I am very grateful for her assurance about intention and that there is no attempt to go further than classical practice has gone, which is a public interest exception to general patient confidentiality. But if, for example, under the new provisions, there were to be a dispute between, say, the police and the relevant health authority and/or the relevant health authority and the individual practitioner, who would decide? That is of course crucial in relation to patient-doctor trust.
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Chakrabarti
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 25 October 2021.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
About this proceeding contribution
Reference
815 c563 Session
2021-22Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamberSubjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2021-12-14 08:20:55 +0000
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2021-10-25/21102547000014
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2021-10-25/21102547000014
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2021-10-25/21102547000014