HC Deb 11 December 1989 vol 163 cc477-8W
16. Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement in the progress of the Heartbeat Wales campaign.

Mr. Grist

Heartbeat Wales, run by the Health Promotion Authority for Wales, continues its programme to combat the high incidence of coronary heart disease in Wales. Evaluation of the project will begin next year, but interim sample surveying has shown encouraging trends in risk behaviour patterns. The authority was recently visited by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister who was most impressed by the authority's work.