| *1 |
Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average waiting time for a woman with suspected breast cancer between referral by her GP and receiving a diagnosis. |
| 3466 |
| *2 |
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the indicators of the health of babies and very young children have changed since 1979. |
| 3467 |
| *3 |
Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals achieved five-star performance ratings in the last year for which figures are available. |
| 3468 |
| *4 |
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the outcome of the June EU Health Council meeting. |
| 3469 |
| *5 |
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to review the law relating to surrogacy. |
| 3470 |
| *6 |
Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital trusts have notified his Department that they will be in debt in the current year; and if he will make a statement. |
| 3471 |
| *7 |
Mr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the outcome of the recent meeting of the European Unions' Health Council in respect of matters relating to mental health. |
| 3472 |
| *8 |
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the likely savings to be made for patient care as a result of the Health Authorities Act 1995. |
| 3473 |
| *9 |
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the accident and emergency services in the Leigh and Greater Manchester Area. |
| 3474 |
| *10 |
Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has for improving the reliability of national screening programmes. |
| 3475 |
| *11 |
Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about his plans for improving primary health care. |
| 3476 |
| *12 |
Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS in-patients were waiting over one year for treatment (a) in March 1979 and (b) in the latest month for which figures are available. |
| 3477 |
| *13 |
Mr Marsha Singh (Bradford West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent by the NHS on consultancy fees relating to proposed PFI schemes. |
| 3478 |
| *14 |
Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking (a) to speed up decisions on Private Finance Initiative schemes and (b) to ensure public/private partnerships in NHS capital schemes properly meet the needs of patients and staff. |
| 3480 |
| *15 |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the need for paediatric intensive care provision in Chorley and South Ribble health district. |
| 3481 |
| *16 |
Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the breast cancer screening programme. |
| 3482 |
| *17 |
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the overall funding made by his Department for social services. |
| 3483 |
| *18 |
Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of retired people who would be able to afford to take out private partnerships for long-term care. |
| 3484 |
| *19 |
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve breast cancer services for women. |
| 3485 |
| *20 |
Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the projected savings to the National Health Service from the implementation of the Health Authorities Act 1995. |
| 3486 |
| *21 |
Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to protect children from domestic violence. |
| 3487 |
| *22 |
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has to increase life expectancy. |
| 3488 |
| *23 |
Ms Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage general practitioners to work together in locality commissioning projects. |
| 3490 |
| *24 |
Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to introduce the NHS Pharmacists Bill. |
| 3491 |
| *25 |
Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to reduce waste in the National Health Service. |
| 3492 |
| *26 |
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the role of community dental services. |
| 3493 |
| *27 |
Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next plans to visit Redbridge and Waltham Forest to discuss the financial deficits of local trusts and the health authority. |
| 3494 |
| *28 |
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he proposes to take to avoid (a) reductions in the level of service and (b) asset sales by health service trusts which are expecting a financial deficit in the current year. |
| 3495 |
| *29 |
Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review NHS guidelines on consultation. |
| 3496 |
| *30 |
Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in reversing ward closures in hospitals in the North Thames Region of the NHS. |
| 3497 |
| *31 |
Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve breast cancer services for women. |
| 3499 |
| *32 |
Mr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the safety of silicone breast implants. |
| 3500 |
| *33 |
Ms Joan Walley (Stoke on Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the eligibility criteria on continuing care for the elderly. |
| 3501 |
| *34 |
Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS patients are covered by GP fund-holders in Croydon. |
| 3502 |
| *35 |
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has to review the funding allocations to the North of England with particular reference to the role of the market forces factor. |
| 3503 |
| *36 |
Mr Roger Stott (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the role and work of the Minister for Public Health. |
| 3504 |
| *37 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans Her Majesty's Government has to review the policy of the closure of the larger hospitals providing mental and psychiatric care; and if he will make a statement. |
| 3505 |
