76. Mr. CHANCELLORasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of the sum of £250,000 to be applied this year to tuberculosis, nursing, and pathological laboratories, is to be expended on pathological laboratories?
§ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Lloyd George)The amount is £50,000.
§ 79. Mr. ASTORasked whether the money to be provided under the Finance Bill for the treatment of dependents of insured persons suffering from tuberculosis in districts where no arrangements have been made for their treatment, with the aid of the Hobhouse Grant, will cover the whole cost of the treatment of such persons; and, if not, what proportion of the cost will be provided under the Finance Bill and from what source the balance will be derived?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEA statement will be made shortly, giving particulars of the administration of the proposed Grant for tuberculosis referred to in my speech on introducing the Budget.
§ 80. Mr. ASTORasked how much of the total sum of £750,000 allocated under the Finance Bill for nursing laboratories and the treatment of tuberculosis is to be spent on each of these services?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe hon. Member will find this information in a reply given on the 24th June by my hon. Friend the Secretary to the Treasury, in answer to a question by the hon. Member for Colchester, of which I am sending him a copy.