Health and Social Care Act 2012: Risk Register

Lord Mawhinney Excerpts

Wednesday 4th December 2013 Lords Chamber

[Earl Howe]

That is a helpful question. I do not believe there is a difference. As the noble Baroness rightly said, on a number of occasions the previous Government refused to disclose the risk registers, and they did so for perfectly good reasons, one of which was to enable the safe space that I referred to earlier.

[Lord Mawhinney (Con)]

My Lords, will my noble friend accept that many in your Lordships’ House will welcome this reaffirmation of the Government’s policy, particularly those who have had the privilege of being Ministers?

[Earl Howe]

My noble friend of course speaks with enormous experience of life in government, and I welcome his endorsement of the Government’s policy.