Member

I thank the Minister for the primary care point, which is extremely valuable and will be welcome to those who briefed me on these amendments. I do not think the question of retrospectivity was really dealt with. Some of the issues with legacy systems in the NHS are a real problem and the more pressure one can put to rectify some of those systems, the better. I suspect that the noble Lord, Lord Markham, was around when people were talking about the number of fax machines used in the NHS and things of that sort—I do not think any of that has gone away either. I suspect that a bit of retrospectivity would not go amiss in the circumstances. In the meantime, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.