HC Deb 09 December 1997 vol 302 cc537-8W
27. Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes he plans to make to the system of annual contracts in the national health service. [18256]

30. Ms Dari Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes he plans to make to the system of annual contracts in the NHS. [18259]

Mr. Milburn

The short-termism of the market which was characterised by annual contracting will be replaced by longer-term agreements.