Will there be further changes to the Health and Social Care Bill? Liberal Democrat
President Tim Farron certainly wants some, as he told ITV’s Party People last night:
Farron’s echoing the call made by fellow Lib Dem Shirley Williams last week and by a group of activists who have submitted an emergency motion for their party conference in two weeks.‘If the new competition introduced through this Bill is removed, then I think it’s better on the books than it is off it… What I want is for the Lords to propose changes that will remove the new competition elements from the Bill and I would like the Government to give way on those things. It’s all to play for.’
And on the Conservative side of the coalition, Earl Howe — health minister in the Lords — sounds a conciliatory note in an interview for the latest issue [http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/47130/earl_howe_keeping_a_healthy_outlook.html]
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