§ Mr. CashTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those bodies currently with agency status within his Department under the "next steps" initiative; and whether he has identified any further candidates for agency status under the initiative within his Department.
§ Mr. DorrellThe NHS Estates Agency was launched on 1 April 1991. In a reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Nuneaton (Mr. Stevens) on 17 April at column 204, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced that the Medicines Control Agency had been identified as a candidate for executive agency status. Further candidates are being considered.