§ 80. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Health if he has issued any instructions to those areas in which stone-breaking and stone-shifting are in operation as test work to modify the practice?
§ Mr. GREENWOODMy views on this subject were explained in the preface to the special report on test work which was circulated to the responsible authorities in May last.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAI am not asking for the views of the right hon. Gentleman; they were expressed in the last Parliament. I am asking whether he has given any instructions?
§ Mr. GREENWOODI have already told the hon. Member that I circularised my views to local authorities. The hon. Member knows the instructions I have issued, and it should be some comfort to him to know that stone-breaking has ceased in Plymouth.
§ Sir K. WOODDoes the right hon. Gentleman remember how he used to call his predecessors murders?
§ 82. Sir K. WOODasked the Minister of Health tin how many casual wards, according to the lastest returns, was the task of stone-breaking required?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe latest complete return which was obtained in 1925 showed that stone-breaking was a regular or occasional task in 146 wards.
§ Sir K. WOODIs the same thing going on now; and will the right hon. Gentleman tell us what hypocrisy means in this connection?
§ Mr. GREENWOODIt is not going on to the same extent.
§ Mr. HAYCOCKMay I ask whether any Labour councils are responsible, or whether it is only Tory councils who are responsible