Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Health further to her answer of 3 November to the hon. Member for Birmingham. Northfield,Official Report, column 184, if she will ensure that the Audit Commission report on Healthtrac and Qa Business Services Ltd. is published without any delay.
§ Dr. MawhinneyI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) on 10 November. It is not for the Secretary of State for Health to intervene in the work or timetable of the independent statutory auditor.