§ MR. COOPER (Southwark, Bermondsey)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Report of the Departmental Committee appointed to consider the question of an ambulance service for London accidents has reported; whether the Committee have adopted the scheme of motor ambulances asked for by the London County Council in its General Powers Bill, but places the control and expenditure in the hands of the Metropolitan Police; and whether there is any town in the United Kingdom where expenditure for such an object is not controlled by the ratepayers.
§ MR. GLADSTONEThe Committee has not reported, and has, I understand, not yet adopted any scheme. Information on the last point mentioned in the hon. Member's Question will no doubt be given in the Committee's Report.
§ MR. BOWERMAN (Deptford)Have not some of the recommendations of the Committee already been published in the Press?
§ MR. GLADSTONEI am not aware of that.