Budget Resolutions — Amendment of the Law

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:25 pm on 17 April 2002.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of John Redwood John Redwood Conservative, Wokingham 5:25, 17 April 2002

My hon. Friend makes a strong point. He is correct. Cuts are sometimes made at the end of the year, even under this Government, because they discover that their hospitals do not have enough money. The cuts always seem to be in patient care. They never seem to be in paper clips, bits of paper and administration, which is perhaps where they should look.