NHS Redress Bill [Lords]

Opposition Members have chucked around the phrase ““judge and jury”” in considering the Bill, but the hon. Gentleman is clearly wrong, because a judge decides whether or not an individual’s rights are invoked, leaving the individual with an adjudication. The scheme does not do that; it is out of the legal process. It does not dispense with people’s legal rights to pursue their cases through the courts; it does not do that at all. If there is a case under the scheme and redress is offered, it provides for all the things that I have said are in the Bill. I do not believe that I could be clearer in my remarks. Indeed, the Bill makes it absolutely plain that the expectation is that, on request, people will be given their investigation reports. I believe that I have answered in full the points that have been put to me. I believe that we should try to draw these remarks to a close.