May I recommend that the hon. Lady read a recently published book by Tom Bower which shows the utter failure of the Blair Government, who pumped billions of pounds into the NHS over a period of years but had no control over it and made no attempt to increase productivity, so that from 1998 performance flatlined for six years, and the then Health Secretary was forced to bring back health policies that they had abandoned in ’97?
Defending Public Services
Proceeding contribution from
Simon Burns
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 May 2016.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Defending Public Services.
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