§ Mr. DENMANasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the report of the county medical officer for Monmouthshire for 1932, in which it is stated that the county council ordered that the maternity and child welfare estimates should be reduced by the annual figure of £3,260, and that in the following year, 1933–34, a further saving of £637 was required, and that it was necessary therefore to revise the scheme for the provision of milk for necessitous mothers and for infants; and what action he proposes to take in view of the fact that it is noted, both in the 1932 and 1933 reports, that in many of the districts under the county council mothers are showing evidence of malnutrition?
Sir H. YOUNGThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the second part, I am informed that the county council gave an assurance that the reductions referred to would not prevent the continued supply of milk to those mothers who required it on grounds of health, but I am making further inquiry as to the present position, and will inform my hon. Friend of the result.