John Hutton Quotes & Sayings

“For too long nurses have been undervalued, restricted in what they could do, with too few career opportunities in clinical practice. For far too long, nurses have endured a pay system that has held them back - both professionally as well as financially.”

“Greater personal choice, individually tailored services, stronger local accountability, greater efficiency - these are all central to the new direction of travel we have set for our public services.”

“More than 50% of significant new regulations that impact on business in the UK now emanate from the EU.”

“Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected should itself provide some reassurance that the EU is trying to reform itself.”

“There is no such thing as free regulation.”

“At the heart of these challenges lies the question of how the institutions of the European Union make laws, the types of laws they pass and the effectiveness with which those laws are implemented on civil society and the economy.”

“If we took Chaucer's writings at face value, we'd have to conclude he was a complete drip.”

“Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union.”

“This call for a new culture is not a new idea.”

“And, in the past, it has been all too easy for legislators to load costs onto business in order to meet broader social goals. And costs for business means costs for consumers.”