All 1 Debates between Lord Butler of Brockwell and Lord Stoddart of Swindon

Health and Social Care Bill

Debate between Lord Butler of Brockwell and Lord Stoddart of Swindon
Monday 28th November 2011

(13 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Stoddart of Swindon Portrait Lord Stoddart of Swindon
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How long is it likely to take for the appeal and the decision? If the decision disallows the appeal, will the Government accept that?

Lord Butler of Brockwell Portrait Lord Butler of Brockwell
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My Lords, the problem is not what may be contained in a particular risk register, as the Minister has said, but the precedent that it sets for all other risk registers. There may be nothing in this register that is particularly sensational or has not been released. However, once this case is conceded it will nullify the effect of all risk registers across government. If people think these risk registers are valuable it must be the case, as the Minister has said, that people look at the worst risks and do so frankly, and if they make them anodyne then the purpose of the registers is entirely lost.