Dr. LITTLEasked the Minister of Health his reasons for discharging the Voluntary Hospitals Commission; and if he will reconsider his decision, in view of the regret expressed by the Commissioners that they are thus disabled from implementing proposals to which they had devoted much time and attention?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINAs stated in paragraph 2 of the Final Report of the Voluntary Hospitals Commission, the reasons, with which the Commission concurred, for which the work of the Commission has been concluded, are, first, that there is no prospect of an Exchequer grant in aid of capital expenditure by voluntary hospitals on the provision of new beds; and, secondly, that in the absence of such a grant it would not be justifiable to make further calls on the time and services of the members of the Commission collectively. I am not aware of any ground for reopening the matter.