HC Deb 06 July 1999 vol 334 c499W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the Government's consultation on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Long-term Care to be concluded; and if he will make a statement. [89299]

Mr. Hutton

As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State outlined in his statement to Parliament, the Royal Commission has produced a very detailed report in which the Commissioners themselves call for an informed debate on their recommendations. We expect that debate, which has already begun, to be an on-going one and to inform decisions we take on the Commission's recommendations.

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