§ Q7. Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Prime Minister when he next expects to visit Ayrshire. [31817]
§ The Prime MinisterI have no current plans to do so.
§ Mr. DonohoeI am sure that the people of Ayrshire will be glad of that. May I turn the Prime Minister's attention to the national health service and, in particular, to Ayrshire and Arran health board's idea of taking all its services into the private sector and allowing companies from the United States to come in purely on the basis of profit? What has the Prime Minister got to say about that? How can he possibly say that the health service is safe in his hands?
§ The Prime MinisterThe hon. Gentleman knows, or should know, of the increased resources for the health service, the 1 million-plus extra patients treated by the health service and the better services being provided by the health service. He seeks yet again to trade politically on a health service that he knows is improving and is providing a better service than at any stage in the past—and a better service than any Labour Government could provide for the people of this country.