§ Captain W. BENNasked the President of the Board of Education if he will consider the question of the removal of the financial restrictions imposed by the Board limiting the payment of grants under the Grant Regulations No. 15 (Midwives' Training) Regulations, 1919, to midwifery training institutions approved prior to 1921, in view of the information regarding maternal mortality contained in the memorandum on the training of midwives submitted in 1923 by the chief woman medical adviser to the Board of Education; and if steps may be taken by the Board to grade all midwifery training institutions in receipt of a grant for training purposes, and those applying at any future time in the event of the removal of the restrictions at present in force, in accordance with the facilities they are able to offer for a complete or partial training?
§ Mr. TREVELYANThe matter to which the hon. and gallant Gentleman refers is one with which my right hon. Friend the Minister of Health is also closely concerned, and I will at once enter into consultation with him upon it. I may add that some institutions for the training of midwives have been recognised for the payment of grant since the year 1921.