NHS Investigations (Jimmy Savile)

David Morris Excerpts
Thursday 26th June 2014

(10 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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I reassure the hon. Lady that that responsibility lies with the Home Secretary, and the Home Office has a cross-governmental committee that will bring together all the lessons from all the reports. My first priority is to ensure that we are doing everything we can to make NHS patients safe, but there are much broader lessons to be learned. That is being led by the Home Office.

David Morris Portrait David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that what has happened is absolutely abhorrent and that it sends out a strong message to everyone in society that even a celebrity is not above the law of the land? May I also praise the work of Kate Lampard and her team in bringing this forward?