Health and Social Care Bill Debate
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Conor Burns
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Health and Social Care Bill
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Mr Lansley
Would that be the same Bill that the right hon. Gentleman described as “consistent, coherent and comprehensive”?
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West) (Con)
May I ask the Secretary of State today to confirm again that when the Bill becomes law the national health service will remain funded through taxation and free at the point of use regardless of ability to pay? Opposition Front Benchers should stop scaring our constituents with grossly inappropriate scare stories.
Mr Lansley
My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I share his deep resentment at the way in which Opposition Members misrepresent and distort what is in the legislation and then, when people write to us concerned about what is in the legislation, accuse us of not listening to them. Opposition Members should read what is in the Bill, find out that it achieves the purposes that my hon. Friend describes and not distort it.