Up with the sparrows and off on my run. A quick haircut followed and then into the Commons. I'd received a lot of correspondence about a new Government clause in the Care Bill, giving the Secretary of State new powers to close any hospital at 40 days' notice. What concerned many of my constituents and me was that if the hospital was in financial trouble a special Trust administrator could cannibalise any viable hospital in the Trust, or even outside it, to plug the financial gap. With two excellent community hospitals in my constituency, that rung alarm bells. I made a note to attend the debate later in the day. Before that I met up with Paul Bell and John Gladston who run a commercial helicopter company and are looking to move to Portland when the SAR helicopter goes in 2017. I then returned to my office and concentrated on researching the Care Bill clause. At 1430, after the first tranche of votes, I went into the Chamber and spent the next four hours listening to a range of views on the Health Secretary's new powers. I intervened on Members on both sides of the House on several occasions, but was left uneasy at this clause 119. With my community hospitals in mind, and the concern that the NHS's financial crisis worsens almost daily, I voted with Labour to do away with this clause altogether. My colleague Nick De Bois, who also voted against the Government, made an eloquent speech explaining his position, which I agreed with. Regrettably, due to this commitment in the Chamber, I missed by Efra select committee, which was an interesting one on flood insurance, but you can't do everything. The Care Bill itself went through unopposed at Third Reading. Not an easy day, but that's politics for you.