HC Deb 04 May 1950 vol 474 c1882
24. Brigadier Rayner

asked the Minister of Health what is the latest available total of non-medical and non-nursing administrative staff now employed in hospitals as compared with the figures for each of the previous five years.

Mr. Bevan

I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Carlton (Mr. Pickthorn) on 20th April.

Brigadier Rayner

Do those figures afford an explanation of the gigantic, fantastic and swelling costs of the National Health Service?

Mr. Bevan

If the hon. and gallant Member will read the answer I have given he will see how utterly irrelevant his supplementary question is.