Prime Minister's Questions
Brooks Newmark challenges the PM on the Government's failure to provide a community hospital for Braintree.
Mr. Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con): This afternoon, I am meeting Mrs. Phyllis Webb and a delegation from the Braintree pensioners action group to discuss the Government's failure to deliver on a promise to build a community hospital in Braintree. Would the Prime Minister care to join us at that meeting?
The Prime Minister: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making me aware of his programme of events for the rest of the day. I understand the frustrations of people in local areas when they want facilities. I shall certainly look at what he says to me on this matter, but I think that he will agree that if we are to spend more on community hospitals and more on hospitals generally, we will need to fund the health service properly. He should agree with us on the funding of the NHS.
