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Tuesday 7th December 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I think we understand what the Minister is trying to get at.

[Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con)]

I welcome the Minister’s responses and his firm proposals to reduce administration costs. However, it is not just a matter of management costs rising massively under the last Government, as productivity fell. The last time productivity increased in the NHS was under the last Conservative Government in the early 1990s. What plans do the Government have to ensure that productivity is increased, because only by doing can we deliver better health?

[Mr Speaker]

Let us have the answer.