Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 28 October 2019Answered: 31 October 2019
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
I thank my hon. Friend, who brings huge expertise to this area, for his question. We have to reset the new hospital programme and put it on a sustainable footing. The last Government promised 40 new hospitals. The problem is there were not 40, they were not new and some of them were not even hospitals. Hospitals with RAAC, including West Suffolk hospital, must be a priority, so we are reviewing the programme, and the Secretary of State will update Parliament as soon as possible.