§ Mr. GRIFFITHSasked the Minister of Health whether in connection with the correspondence which has passed between his department and the Bexley urban district council regarding the council's schemes for maternity and child welfare, to which exception has been taken by the department, he will grant an independent inquiry into the whole matter, especially in view of the figures furnished by the council showing the substantial decrease in the infantile death rate in the district?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe circumstances of this case have been very fully considered, and I regret that I am unable to alter the decision that has been given or to assent to the inquiry suggested.