Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Monday, 10 June 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 July 2002. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Monday, 1 July 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he and ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the last three months.

Answer: Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he and Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the last three months. [61455] Jacqui Smith: My hon. Friend, the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health (Yvette Cooper) and my noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) met with Professor David Hall, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health on 19 March this year to discuss neonatal care. Also on the 23 April this year I met with the Children's Taskforce.

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