HC Deb 08 July 1997 vol 297 cc432-3W
Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the extra resources which he estimates will be required by 2002 to achieve the service improvements listed in his speech in Brighton on 25 June. [6743]

Mr. Milburn

The speech made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health to the National Health Service Confederation on 25 June set out the Government's long-term vision for the National Health Service. My right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has made it clear that spending plans for 1999–00 and beyond would be informed by the results of the Comprehensive Spending Review currently under way and would take account of all the Government's priorities and objectives.