NHS Industrial Action Debate
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Lord Katz
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NHS Industrial Action
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Lord in Waiting/Government Whip (Lord Katz) (Lab)
My Lords, it is the turn of the Cross Benches.
Lord Sentamu (CB)
My Lords, yesterday, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury gave an interesting report, repeated here, and we had a 40-minute debate. The Chancellor had four objectives, one of which was to reduce waiting lists, not to increase anybody’s pay. Doctors going on strike will increase waiting lists. What will the Government do, knowing that the Chancellor cannot, under her fiscal rules, spend unbudgeted expenditure? Who will persuade the doctors that theirs is a lost cause?