§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the principle of a minimum size for future general acute hospitals, adopted by East Anglian regional health authority, has been accepted by his Department; and if he will be making any observations to the regional health authority on this policy.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe appropriate basis on which to plan future general acute hospital provision is a matter for local decision, in the light of judgments about priorities and resources.