§ Major LANE FOX(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether there is any truth in the report that it is the intention of the Government by successive steps to take over all hospitals during the next forty years—beginning at once with St. George's Hospital—and whether, in view of the effect that such a report may have on the flow of private subscriptions to such hospitals, he can at once substantiate or deny it?
§ Major ASTORThere is no foundation for the suggestions contained in the question.