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§ Mr. F. Beswick (Uxbridge)Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to present a humble Petition from a constituent, Mr. Leonard William Clarke, a Master of Arts of the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. The petitioner states that owing to the custom of certain county councils the records of the dental treatment given under the National Health Service are not kept for more than two years, and that, in consequence, there is no safeguard for those who have received dental treatment under the National Health Service if, later, they should be charged for the same treatment as a private patient.
Therefore, your petitioner most humbly prays that this honourable House will pass legislation for the purposes of requiring county councils to keep their records relating to dental treatment given under the National Health Service for a period of seven years.And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.