§ 2. Dr. M. S. Millerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received from Lanarkshire health board a list of services which will have to be curtailed as a result of Government cuts.
§ Dr. MillerI thank the hon. Gentleman for that reply. Do I take it that there will be no cuts in the services provided, and that that will apply to ear, 496 nose and throat, gynaecology, midwifery, maternity and geriatric services, and all services which the Lanarkshire health board provides for the people of East Kilbride and the area? I take it that there will be no raffles or prize draws to pay for the salaries of nurses.
§ Mr. FairgrieveI have not, nor has my Department, had any request from Lanarkshire health board for, or any suggestion about, any cuts that it intends to make to the services for which it is responsible. The second part of the hon. Gentleman's question concerns a different matter.