I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman has acknowledged that it was I who appointed Robert Francis to begin the process of an independent inquiry into what went wrong. I shall say more in a moment about what I did, why I did it, and why I stand by what I did, because in my view what I did was help to get to the truth while also helping Stafford hospital to recover.
Francis Report
Proceeding contribution from
Andy Burnham
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 5 March 2014.
It occurred during Debate on Francis Report.
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