Asked by: Baroness Cumberlege (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the terms of reference for the forthcoming consultation on the National Tariff.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Section 118 of the Health and Social Care Act sets out the terms of reference under which consultation for Tariff proposals should be undertaken. As the consultation is statutory it has to be undertaken as stated in the Act. In addition, the proposals were subject to consultation by virtue of section 69(7) of that Act.