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Point of order from Alun Michael (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 February 2012. It occurred during Debate on Local Government Finance.


Local Government Finance

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In his reply to me this afternoon, the Prime Minister claimed that a third of Welsh patients are waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment, when it is only a fifth, and that 27% of patients are waiting for more than six weeks for direct access to diagnostics, when it is only 18%. Those are not even the targets that the NHS in Wales works towards, so the whole basis for comparison was wrong. As I am sure that the Prime Minister would not wish to mislead the House or to leave such an inaccuracy uncorrected, however inadvertently, will you say whether he has requested the opportunity to come back to the House and put matters right, as he should?


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Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
540 c411 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Disadvantaged Cost effectiveness Council tax Housing Expenditure Increases Local government finance Referendums Cuts
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