§ Mr. HANNONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the cost to public funds of the Welsh Board of Health at Cardiff; whether the recommendation of the Geddes Committee regarding the Welsh Board of Health has been considered by the present Government; and whether, in view of the powers conferred upon the Welsh Memorial Association with respect to tuberculosis treatment in Wales, and of the powers with respect to public health and public bodies in Wales administered from Whitehall, he will consider in the public interest the discontinuance of the present public health arrangements at Cardiff or, if the Government does not see its way to adopt in its entirety the recommendation of the Geddes Committee, is it proposed to effect changes and rearrangements in the interests of economy?
§ Sir M. BARLOWThe total cost of the Welsh Board of Health, as taken in the current year's Estimates, is £83,794 As regards the recommendation of the Geddes Committee, I would refer my hon. Friend to the Prime Minister's reply to the hon. Member for Kennington (Mr. F. C. Harrison) given on the 7th instant.