Health: Government Spending Debate
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Lord Skelmersdale
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Health: Government Spending
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Monday 14th June 2010
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(14 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord Skelmersdale
My Lords, can the Minister give us the assurance that it is functions that matter at the expense of individual bodies, which may of course overlap?
Earl Howe
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. He is right to suggest that we should look not at each body individually but perhaps at several across the piece to see whether there is scope for rationalisation in a way that does not detract from the quality of service.