§ Mr. BROMFIELDasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that the accommodation provided by the Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Joint Committee for Tuberculosis for the treatment of insured persons suffering from tuberculosis is inadequate; whether he is aware that the Staffordshire Insurance Committee have drawn the special attention of the Wolverhampton and Dudley Joint Committee on several occasions to the lack of accommodation, that no increase in accommodation has resulted, that there are at the present time thirty persons on the waiting list to enter sanatoria, and that a number of the thirty have been waiting for treatment for over eight weeks; and, in view of this, will he take steps to compel the Wolverhampton and Dudley Joint Committee to provide all the accommodation necessary?
§ Major ASTORI would refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for West Bromwich on the 8th instant. I am informed that the number of persons on the waiting list has now been, reduced to twenty, and that the new institution to accommodate forty patients will be ready for occupation at the end of next month. The joint committee are taking all practicable steps to secure further accommodation.