NHS Services (Economic Downturn)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons am 2:30 pm ar 24 Mawrth 2009.

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Photo of Jim Sheridan Jim Sheridan Llafur, Paisley and Renfrewshire North 2:30, 24 Mawrth 2009

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that it is wrong to suggest that a recession is good for people, particularly an economic downturn of this kind. Can he assure us that he will continue to focus investment on public services such as the NHS, and will not be diverted into cutting taxes such as inheritance tax?