HC Deb 26 February 2002 vol 380 c1084W
Mrs. Calton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the value for money provided by private sector contracts to perform NHS operations. [35527]

Mr. Hutton

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 21 January 2002,Official Report, column 686W.