Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the standards set out in NHS service specifications for rare and complex diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, are adhered to; and to what extent these represent a statutory expectation of care that patients should expect to receive at a minimum.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.