§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether prior to his proposals in the White Paper "Working for Patients", he gathered information on the amount of time necessary to make decisions on general policy for the management of hospitals, and specifically on(a) organisation of services for in-patients and out-patients, (b) co-ordination of time-tables for staff-rotas and (c) organisation and control of funding exercises required for (i) adequate pay rewards for the medical, nursing and auxiliary staff, (ii) demands for changes in numbers of hospital staff and (iii) adequate provisions for the good operation of the different hospital units.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe undertook a comprehensive review of all relevant aspects of the NHS before bringing forward our proposals for change.