§ Mr. RapsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the timing of the privatisation of the Royal Haslar Hospital Laundry and Sterile Services. [28142]
§ Dr. Reid[holding answer 10 February 1998]: I have commissioned the Chief Executive of the Defence Secondary Care Agency to carry out a strategic review of the Agency and to report to me in the Spring 1998. The future of the laundry and sterile services at the Royal Hospital, Haslar, will be considered in the context of the outcome of this work.