HC Deb 15 July 1993 vol 228 c649W
27. Mr. Burns

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much public spending on health has changed in real terms since 1978–79; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Portillo

This year we plan to spend 61.4 per cent. more on the national health service, in real terms, than we did in 1978–79.

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