Member

The noble Lord, Lord Lansley—who I am grateful to for taking time to explain his amendments to me—said to me, and said it again to the Committee, that we do not want doctors to become immigration enforcement officers. Broadly, the test in the National Health Service is, if you are a resident anywhere in the UK, you can access any NHS facilities in the UK. So, if you are a resident of the island of Orkney and you end up in Belfast with a health problem, there is absolutely no problem in relation to it.