HC Deb 15 May 1950 vol 475 cc890-1

Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the law relating to midwives (hereinafter referred to as "the new Act"), it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of—

  1. (a) any increase in the sums payable out of such moneys under section fifty-three of the National Health Service Act, 1946, or section fifty-three of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act, 1947, being an increase attributable to—
    1. (i) expenditure incurred under the new Act by local supervising authorities in providing, improving or furnishing residential accommodation for women undergoing courses of training with a view to obtaining certificates under the Midwives Act, 1902, or the Midwives (Scotland) Act, 1915, or in acquiring land for the purpose of the provision for such accommodation; or
    2. (ii) any provision of the new Act empowering the Central Midwives Board and the Central Midwives Board for Scotland to pay to their members sums in respect 891 of losses or expenses suffered or incurred by them for the purpose of enabling them to perform duties as members of those Boards; and
  2. (b) any increase attributable to the provisions of the new Act in the sums payable out of such moneys under Part I or II of the Local Government Act, 1948."

Resolution agreed to.