§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether it is the practice within the National Health Service to purchase British goods in preference to those from elsewhere, whenever possible; if he has issued a circular to this effect; and, if so, on what date.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergI refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's reply to his questions about public sector purchasing on 16 December 1981.—[Vol 15, c.166–7.] The Health Service Supply Council, which is the NHS's supply policy making body, wrote to all regional health authorities on 18 September 1981 commending the Government's public purchasing policy.