§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 6 December,Official Report, columns 133–34, what considerations she took into account when deciding to correspond privately with the former chairman of Burnley Health Care NHS Trust.
§ Mr. MaloneMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State took all relevant factors into account, in particular her duties in respect of the National Health Service Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990 and reports of recent events at Burnley Health Care NHS Trust, in deciding to write privately to the former chairman.