Welfare Reform Bill

I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for pointing out that the definition of a healthcare professional is on page 21 of the draft statutory instrument. It might be helpful to the Committee and to her if I read out what it says: "““‘health care professional’ means a member of a profession (whether or not regulated by, or by virtue of, any enactment) which is concerned (wholly or partly) with the physical or mental health of individuals””." What on Earth does that mean? ““By virtue of any enactment or not”” presumably means that they do not have to have any professional qualifications. I think that that needs to be reviewed carefully. For example, I should have thought that Miss Carole Caplin doing whatever she does for Cherie Blair would qualify, and I should even have thought that you could argue that any masseur would qualify. I do not think that the definition is good enough. I ask the Minister to have a look at it and to come forward with a proper and more detailed definition.