To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2007, Official Report, column 178W, on GP service provision, what the dates were of meetings held between his officials and the group of out-of-hours providers brought together by the NHS Alliance in the last 12 months; and if he will place the (a) agenda and (b) minutes of each meeting in the Library. (167757)

The dates of meetings held between officials and the group of out-of-hours providers brought together by the NHS Alliance in the last 12 months are:

20 February 2007

22 May 2007

9 October 2007

A copy of the agenda and minutes for each of the meetings, with the exception of minutes for the meeting on 22 May 2007, when the meeting was brief and minutes were not recorded, have been placed in the Library.