HC Deb 29 June 1939 vol 349 cc644-5W
Mr. David Adams

asked the Minister of Labour how many men in receipt of Unemployment Assistance Board allowances are estimated to be unable to obtain work owing to remediable physical defects; and, as treatment of eyes and teeth frequently cannot be obtained through existing medical services, he will take immediate steps, in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, to extend the public health services in this direction?

Mr. E. Brown

I regret that more precise information than that given in pages 46–47 of the Board's annual report for 1938 is not available. I am already in communication with the Minister of Health on the matter raised in the second part of the question.