§ 6. Sir F. Messerasked the Minister of Health whether regional hospital boards which have submitted schemes for the building of hospitals in new towns will be required to meet the capital cost out of their budget or whether capital funds will be made available for the purpose.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodOn present capital allocations a new acute general hospital for a new town would be too costly a project to be included in a regional board's capital programme and would need to be financed from such funds as can be reserved centrally for major projects.