§ Mr. TyrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the Government's definition of rural for the purposes of health care provision; and if the definition used is the same as that set out on page 9 of the Department of Health publication of November 1996, Developing Health and Social Care in Rural England. [6960]
§ Mr. MilburnThere is no generally used definition of "rural" for the purposes of health care provision.