That this House congratulates the Birmingham Evening Mail on exposing the move by the quango running the City Hospital to avoid public debate over its ??100 million redevelopment for party political reasons; and urges the Governemnt to insist that redevelopment plans are immediately published and subject to full public examination and debate to ensure that the rebuilt hospital can fully cope with the aftermath of the closure of the General Hospital.

That this House congratulates the Birmingham Evening Mail on exposing the move by the quango running the City Hospital to avoid public debate over its ??100 million redevelopment for party political reasons; and urges the Governemnt to insist that redevelopment plans are immediately published and subject to full public examination...

That this House congratulates all those members who have striven to keep the Birmingham General Hospital open as a full in and outpatient hospital; looks forward to its permanent retention as such, even beyond the successfully negotiated date of 1999; records its criticism of any who have not fully supported, or who have opposed, this situation by encouraging its reduction into a mini-clinic; congratulates all those who agree with both the further and full development of in-hospital facilities at both East Birmingham Hospital and the General Hospital, which is the main relief hospital and easily accessible to the former, whether by public transport or car, whereas the Queen Elizabeth Site chosen by the West Midlands Regional Hospital Board as a mega-site medical centre is geographically distant and almost impossible of access from East Birmingham in normal or emergency circumstances and whose establishment would deny further expansion at East Birmingham and disallow a main city centre hospital almost uniquely to any main city in Britain; pledges opposition to this plan, proposes its amendment and supports the General and East Birmingham Hospitals until this is achieved permanently within the National Health Service, thus allowing the people of Yardley, Acocks Green, Sheldon, Hay Mills and Tyseley equal hospital opportunity to that enjoyed by other Birmingham citizens.

That this House congratulates all those members who have striven to keep the Birmingham General Hospital open as a full in and outpatient hospital; looks forward to its permanent retention as such, even beyond the successfully negotiated date of 1999; records its criticism of any who have not fully supported,...

That this House notes the views of the Birmingham public, and those of the West Midlands, expressed in overwhelming numbers, both in the petition presented to the Prime Minister and in the poll conducted by the Birmingham Evening Mail, demanding the retention of the General Hospital, Birmingham, as an integral part of the city's hospital service; expresses grave concern that the city centre should be left without a major hospital, fully modernised, capable of dealing with accidents and emergencies as well as providing all necessary out patient services; records its view that the proposed alternatives are unacceptable on grounds of location, inconvenience and transportation for hundreds of thousands of citizens; and calls upon the Secretary of State to determine these matters in accordance with the expressed views of the citizens of Birmingham.

That this House notes the views of the Birmingham public, and those of the West Midlands, expressed in overwhelming numbers, both in the petition presented to the Prime Minister and in the poll conducted by the Birmingham Evening Mail, demanding the retention of the General Hospital, Birmingham, as an integral...