HC Deb 14 February 1956 vol 548 c2158
29. Mr. K. Robinson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will adopt the recommendation of the Guillebaud Committee that the Ministry of Health should no longer be required to submit hospital building schemes of less than £100,000 for prior approval by the Treasury.

Mr. H. Brooke

This matter is under consideration.

Mr. Robinson

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that this kind of day-to-day direct control by the Treasury on the spending of regional hospital boards is acceptable to no one except the Treasury itself? Will he seriously consider putting an end to this arrangement, which can lead only to delay?

Mr. Brooke

As the hon. Gentleman knows, this is one of a number of interesting recommendations made by the Guillebaud Committee, and these are under consideration as a whole.