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Monday, December 24, 2007
Lembit Opik given English housing portfolio
Lembit Opik, the Lib Dem MP for neighbouring Montgomeryshire, has been given the housing portfolio in the Lib Dems new shadow cabinet.
Housing is, of course, a devolved matter and Mr Opik therefore has no say over housing in his own constituency.
Why have the Lib Dems given a Welsh MP responsibility for English housing?
Housing is, of course, a devolved matter and Mr Opik therefore has no say over housing in his own constituency.
Why have the Lib Dems given a Welsh MP responsibility for English housing?
No Mandate, No Foundation Hospitals
The Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust is applying for Foundation Hospital status.
Since their inception Foundation Hospitals have consistently underachived and failed to bring the benefits promised to patients.
It is worth remembering that the Foundation Hospitals Bill was rejected by a majority of MPs elected in England and was passed only with the votes of Labour MPs elected in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament subsequently rejected a bill that would have created Foundation Hospitals north of the border.
Since their inception Foundation Hospitals have consistently underachived and failed to bring the benefits promised to patients.
It is worth remembering that the Foundation Hospitals Bill was rejected by a majority of MPs elected in England and was passed only with the votes of Labour MPs elected in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament subsequently rejected a bill that would have created Foundation Hospitals north of the border.
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