HC Deb 28 February 1984 vol 55 c160W
62. Mr. Renton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will commission a study into longterm future demand for the National Health Service, having reference to the aging profile of the population and the rapid development of new operations and drugs; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Our Department has already compiled and published a good deal of information on these issues and no further special study is called for at present. As announced on 9 February by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer there will be a general discussion of longer term prospects for public expenditure and taxation in a Green Paper to be published by the Government in due course.