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Business of the House

On the hon. Gentleman’s first observation, those arrangements are clearly designed to allow the use of some very simple and straightforward Post Office accounts at a local post office for those people who, so far, have relied on the Post Office card account. The pilots to which I referred are designed to allow people to use that facility until 2010, so this is not an overnight change; it will be signposted well in advance. Many of the Post Office accounts are simple, straightforward and easy to use; they are no more complex than the card account. In the light of that, I hope that the hon. Gentleman will support this process. On audiology, I will certainly ensure that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health is made aware of the hon. Gentleman’s concern. I will ask her to write to him directly about it. It is obviously important to the Government to ensure that waiting lists come down right across the range of services and facilities offered by the national health service. The Government have had remarkable success in reducing those waiting lists, and we want to ensure that that affects every part of the health service.