Mr. GUINNESSasked the Minister of Health whether Clause 16 of the Trevethin Report, dealing with the expenditure of money for reducing venereal disease, has yet been considered by the Government; whether the question of Government financial assistance to the work of voluntary organisations has been decided; and whether, in view of the fact that the Society for the Prevention of Venereal Disease and the National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases have both unconditionally accepted the Trevethin Report, and have met in conference and have determined on joint action for giving effect to its recommendations, he will cause the maximum grant, which is to be made by the Government, to be divided in an equitable proportion between the two organisations?
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§ Mr. WHEATLEYI have now under consideration the recommendations in the Trevethin Report, including the question of financial assistance from the Exchequer to the work of voluntary organisations, but I am not yet in a position to say how any Government grant for this purpose will be allocated.