NHS Commissioning Board Debate
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Diana Johnson
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(11 years, 8 months ago)
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Norman Lamb
I congratulate my hon. Friend on getting an issue of local concern into his question. He is entirely right: I will take no lessons from the Opposition, given what happened when they were in government, and patients’ interests must indeed always come first.
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
Will the Minister tell me which part of the NHS preferred provider status, which was introduced by the last Labour Government, his Government do not understand?
Norman Lamb
According to my recollection, at the last general election all three parties committed themselves to any willing provider. The degree of hypocrisy that we sometimes encounter beggars belief.