65. Major DAVID DAVIESasked the Minister of Pensions how many discharged men suffering from tuberculosis are at present being trained in Wales; how many are awaiting training; and what provision has been made to meet the needs of those men awaiting training?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Sir James Craig)The provision of facilities for the training of men discharged for tuberculosis, but sufficiently recovered to take part in industrial life, is now a matter for the Ministry of Labour. From the latest returns available, it appears that there are twenty-one men discharged for tuberculosis under ordinary industrial training in Wales, and between sixty and seventy awaiting training. Men awaiting training and not receiving wages can be given the usual training allowances for a period of four weeks or longer in special cases. I would remind the hon. and gallant Member that the general question of the residential treatment and training of tuberculosis discharged men is now being considered by an inter-Departmental Committee over which my hon. and gallant Friend, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, is presiding.