HC Deb 25 October 1999 vol 336 c749W
Mr. Swayne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the proposed Health Development Agency will be established. [93872]

Yvette Cooper

We are currently considering options for establishing a new Health Development Agency and succeed the Health Education Authority. However, we anticipate that the Health Development Agency will be launched early in the New Year, subject to parliamentary approval.