§ 7 Dame Joan Vickersasked the Minister of Public Building and Works what work he intends shall be done at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, in 1967 to modernise this hospital.
§ Mr. PrenticeAbout £20,000 is to be spent on urgent minor works. My Department will also prepare a development plan for the future modernisation of this hospital.
§ Dame Joan VickersDoes not the right hon. Gentleman think that this hospital could play a useful rôle by continuing to take in civilian patients? Is he aware that it has excellent medical and nursing staff? Will he see to it that this hospital is modernised so that it is able to take in part of the waiting list which we have in the West Country?
§ Mr. PrenticeWe have an ambitious development plan which will involve the modernisation of this hospital. As to the 6 rôle it plays and its relationship with civilian needs, I suggest that that is a question for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence.