§ Mr. DEVLINasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he has received a resolution from the National Association of Insurance Committees in Ireland, representative of 900,000 industrial workers, demanding the establishment of a separate Ministry of Health for Ireland; and whether, in view of this and other recommendations from similar representative bodies throughout the country, he will consider the advisability of carrying out the suggestion contained in the resolution?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe resolution referred to has been received. The Government was strongly urged by very impor- 919W tant sections of the medical profession in Ireland, and by Irish representative societies and bodies interested in health matters to extend the provisions of the present Bill to Ireland, and, having regard to such representations, agreed to do so.