Health and Social Care Bill Debate
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Paul Goggins
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Health and Social Care Bill
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Mr Lansley
My right hon. and noble Friend Baroness Williams is now a member of the Liberal Democrat party, and in that respect I am not aware that she has ever transgressed in government.
Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab)
Last year, when the Bill was in its infancy, the Minister of State, Department of Health, the right hon. Member for Chelmsford (Mr Burns), gave me an assurance that NHS services in Trafford undergoing changes would not be privatised. In the light of all the amendments, is the Secretary of State able to offer me the same assurance, especially given that the Co-operation and Competition Panel in his Department has instructed the local NHS to devise a contract that is divided into six separate lots, with a warning that competition must be prosecuted, otherwise there will be severe consequences?
Mr Lansley
I can give the right hon. Gentleman the same reassurance that the Minister of State gave.