§ 25. Mrs. Mannasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has received from the Western Regional Hospital Board regarding the progress made towards building the new maternity hospital for Lanarkshire.
§ Mr. MaclayThe new nurses' home is now in use and, as a temporary measure pending the completion of the main block, thirty extra maternity beds have been provided in accommodation previously occupied by nurses. The contracts for 191 the main block have been let, the foundations have been completed, and the structural steel work is at present being erected.
§ Mrs. MannIs the Secretary of State aware that it was not the nurses' home which we were promised, but a new maternity hospital? Have tenders been accepted, when will the work start, and will the right hon. Gentleman speed it up, because it is much needed to give employment in this area of very heavy unemployment?
§ Mr. MaclayIf I understood the hon. Lady correctly, the information which I gave in the latter part of my main Answer was the information she wanted. Contracts for the main block have been let, the foundations have been completed and the constructional steel work is at present being erected.