NHS Bill passes key Lords' test

A marathon two day long process was preceded yesterday by further warnings and attacks aimed at the government about the Bill's potential consequences from health professionals. However, peers have rejected proposed amendments to both block the Bill altogether and send it to a special select committee for further scrutiny. Instead it will follow the usual route and pass to a committee stage in the Lords. The House of Lords voted 330 to 262 against an amendment which would have referred parts of the bill to a special select committee, with its proposed blocking rejected by 354 votes...