§ 39. Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what criteria were employed by his Home and Health Department and the officials of the Western Regional Hospital Board in deciding that the revised Hospital Plan should include the complete rebuilding of both the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, and the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, rather than include plans for the building of general hospitals at Motherwell, Paisley, and Ayr.
§ 40. Mr. T. Fraserasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will describe the criteria by which his Home and Health Department and the officials of the Western Regional Hospital Board give greater priority to the rebuilding of Glasgow's teaching hospitals than to the building of general hospitals in populous areas less well served with hospital facilities.
§ Mr. NobleThe reasons for giving priority to teaching hospital projects, which had the full support of the regional board, are given in paragraph 43 of the Hospital Plan presented to Parliament in January, 1962 (Cmnd. 1602). Neither this White Paper nor the Revision of the Hospital Plan published in May last provided for more than a first phase of the redevelopment of the Royal Infirmary. The revision300W has not altered the priority of the Western and Royal Infirmary projects as against others.