§ Sir H. Morris-Jonesasked the Minister of Health whether he is instituting any special inquiry by his Department into the implications of the recommendation in the Beveridge Report that a national medical service should be set up in the country as part of a social security scheme?
§ Mr. E. BrownYes, Sir. Considerable preliminary work in regard to the hospital services has been going on for some time, and the implications of the remainder of Assumption B in the Report are under consideration.