§ 55. Mr. Kellyasked the Minister of Health what is the area of the land recently purchased for £11,500 from the Bishops Monk Horsfield estate trustees by the Bristol Corporation for extensions to Southmead hospital; what number of patients the extension to the hospital is likely to accommodate; and whether the land in question was formerly agricultural and therefore exempt from local taxation?
§ Sir K. WoodI am informed that the area of the land at Southmead Hospital which the Bristol Corporation have agreed to purchase, subject to my consent to the necessary loan, is about 24 acres, and that the extensions at present proposed by the Corporation include the provision of 100 beds for patients. The answer to the last part of the question is in the affirmative.