Debates between Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Lord Fowler during the 2019 Parliament

Tue 9th Jun 2020

Exercise Cygnus

Debate between Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Lord Fowler
Tuesday 9th June 2020

(3 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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The Secretary of State for Health, Mr Hancock, said on 7 May that he had consulted officials and had been assured that all the recommendations had been implemented. However, Martin Green, the chief executive of Care England, is reported as saying:

“It beggars belief. This is a report that made some really clear recommendations that haven’t been implemented.”


How does the Minister reconcile these two totally contradictory stories about whether or not the recommendations were implemented?