Government Targets

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 6:13 pm on 7 July 2003.

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Photo of Liam Fox Liam Fox Shadow Secretary of State for Health 6:13, 7 July 2003

Does the hon. Gentleman accept that there is a world of difference between aspiration—which he rightly mentions, and which all Governments need to have—and the process by which front-line services are micro-managed from Whitehall through the use of targets?