§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many postcards he received from members of the public expressing opposition to the Government's policy for the National Health Service; how many replies were sent out by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, the hon. Member for Stirling (Mr. Forsyth), and what was the cost of the staff time, stationery and postage included in sending those replies.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 18 January 1990]: The campaigns by the Labour party and NALGO resulted in receipt of some 47,000 postcards. In order to correct the misleading suggestions in this material about our proposals for improving the National Health Service, all of these cards received replies from the Scottish Home and Health Department. The total cost involved was some £8,800.