§ 44. Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects his internal inquiry into the funding of the National Health Service to be completed.
§ 86. Mr. AtkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has any plan to publish a Green Paper on financing and reform of the National Health Service.
§ Mr. NewtonI refer my hon. Friends to my right hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Winnick) earlier today.
§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make it his policy to apply for extra funds from next year's £3.5 billion spending reserve to meet the needs of the National Health Service.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 26 January 1988]: I have nothing to add to the plans for public expenditure, including spending on the NHS, set out in the White Paper published in January (Cm. 288).