Health Care (London and South East)

Part of Opposition Day – in the House of Commons at 6:49 pm on 20 February 1995.

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Photo of Mr Gerald Malone Mr Gerald Malone , Winchester 6:49, 20 February 1995

If the hon. Gentleman will excuse me, I shall move on.

I was about to say that it was interesting to note the contrast between what the right hon. Lady said and what was said by the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes), who at least conceded that movement was needed on all these fronts and that it would be wrong to arrange a moratorium and yet another review. When asked this morning about the time scale of the review, the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, East said that the review and moratorium would both take place when Labour was in government, "in perhaps two years' time": I dispute that. In any event, organising the review and moratorium would doubtless take some time. Even if Labour achieved office, it would be committed to a "do nothing" policy for London until the end of the century. It would simply fiddle while London's health stagnated.