HC Deb 29 April 1974 vol 872 c356W
39. Mr. Lipton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether she proposes to sanction the application to build a hospital on the Shirley Oaks site, Croydon.

Dr. David Owen

My hon. Friend will be pleased to learn that the South West Thames Regional Health Authority now proposes to withdraw the submission made by the former South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board last year to the London Borough of Croydon for permission to build a hospital on this site.