§ 34. Mr. David HeathTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what increase in UK health spending would be required to raise it to the European Union average. [106271]
§ Mr. DenhamAs my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in the House on 19 January 2000,Official Report, columns 835–42, if we continue to manage the economy properly we will be able to sustain increases in the National Health Service funding which will bring us up to the European average.