§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take an early opportunity of announcing the changes in the composition of community health councils, particularly with regard to the proportion representing voluntary organisations.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI will, as I said in my reply to my hon. Friend, the Member for Mid-Sussex (Mr. Renton) on 3 June—[Vol. 985, c. 1233]—be announcing my decision in July on the question raised in "Patients First" about whether community health councils should be retained. Since any question of changes in the composition of councils arises only if they remain in being, I must ask the hon. Member to await my statement.