§ Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the figures of farmers' spendable income which were discussed at the Annual Price Review and which show that this has risen in real terms by some 12 per cent. since 1948; and whether this increase has been achieved by reducing the sums reinvested in the industry.
§ Mr. GodberFollowing are the figures:
latest convenient date; how these compare with each twelve months for the last six years; and what is the average period of waiting.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThe following are the available figures. Since 1955 no separate waiting lists for individual 175W hospitals have been kept. Information is not available for the calculation of an average waiting period and in view of
Hospital Number of patients on admission waiting lists at end of February 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 Queen Elizabeth … … … — — — 550 504 371 Bensham General … … … — — — 192 206 299 Gatehead Children's … … … — — — 26 49 268 Whickham Cottage … … … — — — — — 13 Group list for chest diseases … … … — — 5 4 44 78 Grand Total … … … 847 959 815 772 803 1,029