HC Deb 02 May 2000 vol 349 c49W
Mr. Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to change the way in which nursing home care is financed; and if he will make a statement. [119661]

Mr. Hutton

We are considering all the Royal commission recommendations on the funding of long-term care in the context of the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review. Decisions will be announced later this year.