HC Deb 13 June 1990 vol 174 c233W
Mr. Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health from which quarters he will draw his appointments for members of the clinical standards advisory group.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Membership of the group will be from nominations made by medical, midwifery and nursing royal colleges.

Mr. Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the intended role of the clinical standards advisory group; and what is his Department's definition of the term clinical in this instance.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The information requested is described in the Government's amendment No. 198 to the National Health Service and Community Care Bill debated in another place on Tuesday 12 June at columns 245–46.