§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow,Official Report, 19 June, column 49, he will outline the reasons for the delay in answering the hon. Member's letter of 28 March regarding Scottish hospices.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe reason was simply the careful consideration that I gave to the hon. Member's letter, to which I have now replied.