The government suffered a third defeat as peers voted by 171 to 120, majority 51, in favour of Labour peer and former health minister Lord Warner's amendment to delay the implementation of the bill's provisions until ministers had commissioned an independent review into their affordability and laid the results before Parliament.

BBC: Government defeated over free home care plans

Earlier, Labour peer and former health minister Lord Warner accused ministers of "throwing all the organisational cards up in the air" by getting rid of SHAs before financial challenges to NHS had been dealt with.

BBC: Labour loses bid to delay SHA abolition

Later, Labour peer and former Health Minister Lord Warner spoke in support of greater competition in the health service.

BBC: Health and Social Care Bill part two