HC Deb 12 July 1994 vol 246 c526W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what circumstances a person needing hospital treatment must pay in order to receive treatment in a hospital of their own choice within the NHS.

Mr. Sackville

None. It is a fundamental principle of the national health service that NHS treatment is free of charge unless there is a specific statutory power to charge.