HC Deb 20 January 1998 vol 304 cc495-6W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland to produce a concordat setting out arrangements for relations between his Department and the Scottish Executive after the establishment of a Scottish Parliament; and if he will make a statement. [23547]

Ms Jowell

Officials from the Scottish Office and the Department of Health are discussing the need for a non-statutory agreement covering the exchange of information, advance notification and joint working in line with the principles set out in the White Paper "Scotland's Parliament."