Long-term Care (Hansard, 6 July 1999)

HC Deb 06 July 1999 vol 334 c499W 499W

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the Government's consultation on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Long-term Care to be concluded; and if he will make a statement. [89299]

§ Mr. Hutton
As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State outlined in his statement to Parliament, the Royal Commission has produced a very detailed report in which the Commissioners themselves call for an informed debate on their recommendations. We expect that debate, which has already begun, to be an on-going one and to inform decisions we take on the Commission's recommendations.