The White Paper, Sir, Is a Good Idea?

The way in which professional regulation is organized is simply too complex and too unwieldy. The authors of the white paper take the view that all of that needs to be rationalized. There are no less than nine separate organizations in the u k Responsible for regulating health care. Sir robert, could you take us through the white paper first and give us some of the main proposals we'll get as far as the white paper is concerned?