National Health Service
Debate between Nigel Evans and William Wragg(3 years, 4 months ago)
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Mr Wragg
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. To assist the debate, there is a discrepancy between the explanatory memorandum and the explanatory note on the back of the statutory instrument. The note states:
“A full impact assessment of the costs and benefits of this instrument is available from the Department of Health”.
It gives the Department’s address and indeed the website on which the assessment is supposedly published. So is the explanatory note in the instrument correct or not?
Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)
Again, this is not a matter for the Chair, but it is certainly a point for the Minister to address. I think it would be helpful if the Minister could directly address that particular issue, which many Members are now raising.
Data Transparency and Accountability: Covid-19
Debate between Nigel Evans and William Wragg
Mr Wragg
I thank my hon. Friend for his question. I have always been dubious of the word “consultation” when expressed by anybody as a means of kicking things into the long grass. What is, and what was required was the publication of data thresholds so that areas could judge for themselves objectively why those tiering decisions were necessary. As we go forward with the road map, the publication of the data thresholds that mean that decisions are taken is vital.
Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)
I thank the Chairman of the Select Committee for answering the questions of hon. and right hon. Members. We are now going to suspend for three minutes.