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Private Medical Insurance

Volume 298: debated on Tuesday 22 July 1997

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22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many retired people he expects to relinquish private health cover as a consequence of the loss of tax relief. [7965]

30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the impact of the abolition of tax relief on private medical insurance for the over-60s on the NHS; and if he will make a statement. [7973]

Any impact on the national health service will be dwarfed by the additional resources of £1.2 billion recently announced by the Chancellor.