HC Deb 20 December 1994 vol 251 cc1155-6W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she sought from the former employers of Mrs. Abigail Kirby-Harris prior to her appointment as chair of the Cornwall Healthcare Trust.

Mr. Bowis

The names and personal references of candidates for the post of chairman of Cornwall Healthcare National Health Service Trust were submitted to Ministers by the chairman of South Western regional health authority. Ministers appointed Mrs. Abigail Kirby-Harris on the strength of that information.