Page 6411 - Week 19 - Tuesday, 17 December 1991

APPENDIX 12:

(Incorporated in Hansard on 17 December 1991 at page 6249)

ELINOR GRASSBY

HOSPITAL BED NUMBERS INQUIRY

FIRSTLY, I WANT TO THANK ROD POWER FOR ALL THE

HARD WORK HE DID ON THIS COMMITTEE. THIS WAS A

COMMITTEE THAT WAS PULLED TOGETHER TO DELIVER A

REPORT AT VERY SHORT NOTICE. NOT ONLY DID ROD

ARRANGE A VERY GOOD ITINERARY AT SHORT NOTICE

AND CARRY IT OUT TO THE FULL BUT HE HAS SHOWN

VERY GREAT ABILITY IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE REPORT.

I THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WITH WHOM

I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING. IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT

WE CAME FROM THREE DIFFERENT PARTIES, I FOUND IT

ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE COMMITTEES TO SIT ON.

THERE WERE MANY INTERESTING POINTS TO COME OUT

OF THIS INQUIRY BUT ONE OF THE MOST APPARENT