HC Deb 04 May 2004 vol 420 c1465W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the future arrangements for the monitoring of care standards will include the use of lay visitors. [168691]

Dr. Ladyman

I understand from the Chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that the CSCI is considering a range of options to include service users and others in the range of its work. The use of lay assessors is one of these options.