§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to commission a report on the likely total job losses in opting-out hospitals in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyNo. Trusts are in the vanguard of the shift away from central control. They have the capacity and capability to use their new-found freedoms for the benefit of their patients.