§ 2. Mr. James MacCollasked the Minister of Health how actual expenditure, to the nearest convenient date, upon the provision of dentures and spectacles by the National Health Service compares with the revised estimates submitted by his predecessor after the institution of charges for these articles.
§ Mr. CrookshankThe revised estimates were for the whole of the financial year, and no separate estimate was submitted for the provision of dentures. It seems probable that expenditure on the general dental services as a whole will be about equal to the estimate, while that on the supplementary ophthalmic services will be about £5 million below.
§ Mr. Hector HughesCan the right hon. Gentleman say how much of that in pounds or in proportion relates to Scotland, where they generally see things very clearly.
§ Mr. CrookshankNo, Sir.