23. Mr. Alan W. WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what progress has been made during this financial year in reducing hospital waiting lists.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettDetailed information on waiting lists at September 1990 will be published soon which I fully expect to show that Welsh hospitals continue to treat record numbers of patients. Since 1979 in-patient and out-patient attendance has increased by some 34 per cent. and 28 per cent. respectively.