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Business of the House

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for drawing attention to the Government’s extensive hospital building programme, which has not been matched by any other Government in the entire history of the national health service. Obviously, we want to implement such proposals in each and every area of the country as soon as we can, but I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will be the first to recognise that it is important that they are soundly financially based and deliver improvements for his, my and other Members’ constituents. We need to look carefully at each proposal to ensure that it can proceed, but I can assure him that the building programme for the NHS continues, and we can all be proud of it.