asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in the light of the fact that the Cambridgeshire area health authority is unable to provide long-term care for all the chronically sick patients for whom it is required as a result of financial reasons, whether he will ensure that this health authority and all others are provided with sufficient funds to discharge their statutory duties.

If the hon. Gentleman has a particular case in mind, I should be grateful if he would write to me about it.