NHS Property Services Ltd

Baroness O'Cathain Excerpts
Thursday 30th January 2014

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Howe Portrait Earl Howe
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My Lords, I can assure my noble friend of that. The company ensures best value by marketing through an arm’s-length open market process, which ensures that the market value is achieved in a sale. Where necessary, the sale price is supported by a district valuer or other third-party independent valuation.

Baroness O'Cathain Portrait Baroness O'Cathain (Con)
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My Lords, I ask my noble friend: when people are appointing chairmen to such organisations, could they look at their skill sets in advance rather than getting rid of them because of their lack of skill sets?