§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the numbers and categories of NHS staff who are being called up for military service in the Gulf; and what assessment he has made of the consequences of this call-up on the finances of the NHS, and on the quality of service and waiting lists at hospitals.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe results are not yet known of the renewed call for volunteers made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence. Until it is known who has volunteered or been called out, and from where, it is not possible to make any meaningful assessment of the consequences for the national health service.