HC Deb 18 February 1948 vol 447 cc1206-7
The Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Thomas Fraser)

I beg to move, in page 15, line 10, at the end, to add: subject to the following modifications, that

  1. (a) the reference in paragraph (a) of Subsection (1) of that Section to the discharge of their functions by the council shall be construed as a reference to the discharge of their functions under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act, 1947, by the local health authority; and
  2. (b) the reference in paragraph (b) of the said Subsection (1) to the expenditure of the council shall be construed as a reference to the expenditure of the local health authority under the said Act."
This Amendment is a reiteration of an Amendment made earlier to Clause 7.

Amendment agreed to.

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."

Lieut-Colonel Elliot

We have made our protest. We do not desire to make it again, but we simply put if on record.

Question put, and agreed to.

Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.