The Secretary of State has set out many commitments relating to what he wants to deliver with the extra funding in the Bill. However, the funding in the Bill is purely in cash terms. Will he make a commitment here and now that if inflation rises, such that £33.9 billion does not equal £20.5 billion in real terms and therefore does not deliver the real-terms increase that he has promised, he will exceed the amounts that are set out in the Bill?
NHS Funding Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lilian Greenwood
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 January 2020.
It occurred during Debate on bills on NHS Funding Bill.
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