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Debate between Rob Wilson and George Eustice(11 years, 2 months ago)
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George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth) (Con)
4. What steps his Department is taking to secure an operator for the Great Western rail franchise.
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con)
6. What steps his Department is taking to secure an operator for the Great Western rail franchise.
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Debate between Rob Wilson and George Eustice(12 years, 7 months ago)
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Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con)
2. What steps he is taking to reduce NHS hospital indebtedness.
George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth) (Con)
14. What steps he is taking to reduce NHS hospital indebtedness.
The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Andrew Lansley)
The national health service is forecasting a surplus for 2011-12, but the previous Government left a legacy of up to six hospital trusts whose private finance initiative payments are a risk to their financial sustainability and up to 24 trusts with such high levels of debt, following years of bail-outs, that they might not meet tests of their future financial sustainability. We are working with all of those to identify their individual needs so that we can help trusts to achieve consistent standards of quality and financial sustainability, and I will make an announcement on that later this year.