§ 3. Mr. Baldwinasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that hospital boards are being instructed to supply pasteurised milk in hospitals, even although it comes from a tuberculin-tested herd; and why it is necessary that tuberculin-tested milk should be pasteurised.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopI know of no such instructions, and I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. Friend gave him on 14th July.
§ Mr. BaldwinWhile the word "instructions" may be an over-emphasis, does the Minister deny that strong recommendations have been made by regional hospital boards to local management committees to go in for pasteurised milk as against T.T. milk? Is this part of a scheme to get cheaper milk and contribute to the reduction of £9½ million in the cost of hospital management?
§ Mr. BlenkinsopI refute that suggestion entirely. This is solely a matter for the hospital management committees themselves to decide.