§ 42. Mr. M. Stewartasked the Minister of Health when the motor tricycle, which he has agreed is necessary, will be supplied to Mr. E. D. Miles, 12, Colehill Lane, S.W.6.
§ Mr. R. ThompsonIt was delivered last week.
§ Mr. StewartWhilst thanking the right hon. and learned Gentleman for that reply, may I ask whether he will consider why it was that Mr. Miles's first application was refused, when it is clear that it ought not to have been refused?
§ Mr. ThompsonWe refuse applications only on the medical advice that we receive. It is the case that Mr. Miles's original application was turned down in 1957, but a medical re-examination last November showed that his condition had deteriorated and that he then qualified for the machine.