§ Mr. SillarsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those years in the period 1974 to 1989 when financial cuts in real terms were made in the National Health Service in Scotland.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythI refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Moray (Mrs. Ewing) on 15 November 1989,Official Report, columns 362–63. In the period 1974–1989, the only year in which gross National Health Service spending in Scotland fell in real terms was 1977–78.