NHS White Paper

Michael Meacher Excerpts

Monday 12th July 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton) (Lab)]

Given the transfer of £70 billion of NHS funds from PCTs to 500 GP consortiums, the vast majority of which have neither the expertise nor the inclination for such a huge administrative task and will have to buy in specialists from the private sector to do it for them, is not it clear that the real motive behind the reforms is to enable US multinational corporations, such as UnitedHealth, or UK corporations, such as BUPA or Virgin, to parcel out health care to the private sector on a vast scale?

[Mr Lansley]

No. That is completely wrong on all counts.