Private Finance Initiative

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 13 Mawrth 1997.

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Photo of Dr Harold Elletson Dr Harold Elletson , Blackpool North 12:00, 13 Mawrth 1997

Is my right hon. Friend aware that the private finance initiative is making a huge contribution to projects in the national health service? Does he agree that ending its use in the NHS would add substantially to public expenditure, and would that not be precisely the effect of the Labour party's policies?