Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 3:28 pm ar 19 Mehefin 2018.
Lord O'Shaughnessy
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
3:28,
19 Mehefin 2018
I should not like to put any words in the mouth of my Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor. What I do know, as was evident yesterday, is that he has committed to deliver the finances required to fulfil the plan that the NHS puts forward. Clearly, as my noble friend points out, there are a number of ways that we can do that. Polling suggests that some forms of taxation are more popular than others, and we know that technical challenges are associated with hypothecation. As I said, this is a very important and valuable conversation in which this House has a leading role to play in making sure that we get the right outcome.
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