§ Mr. SwireTo ask the Prime Minister if his target for Government spending on the NHS is(a) a fixed percentage of gross domestic product and (b) a specific sum of money. [22244]
§ The Prime MinisterI refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to the right hon. Members for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr. Duncan Smith), for Ross, Skye and Inverness, West (Mr. Kennedy) and for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe) on 5 December 2001,Official Report, columns 325–30.