§ Mr. TrendTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will respond to the first report of the Health Committee of Session 1994–95 on "Priority Setting in the NHS: Purchasing;" and if she will make a statement. [18207]
Mrs. BottomleyI have today published the Government's response to the Select Committee report, Cm 2826. A copy has been placed in the Library.
The Government welcome the Committee's report on priority setting in the national health service. It sets out a thoughtful and wide-ranging investigation of the issues, from the Government setting national priorities to the choices faced by individual clinicians every day. The Government welcome the Select Committee's support for many of the policies that they are pursuing in this area.