§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the National Health Service and Community Care Bill and services for mentally ill patients.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyI refer my hon. Friend to the reply my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Wyre Forest (Mr. Coombs) on 14 November at column 193, following which the Government's White Paper on community care entitled "Caring for People" was published. I also refer my hon. Friend to the letter my right hon. and learned Friend sent to all members on 20 October 1989 about the implementation of the National Health Service review and its implications for, among other client groups, mentally ill patients.