§ Captain Bairdasked the Minister of Health as there is a shortage of dental surgeons in the country what steps he intends to take to encourage young people to enter this profession.
§ Mr. BevanI am well aware of the importance of securing an adequate number of entrants to the dental profession. This is one of the matters on which the Inter-departmental Committee on Dentistry now 833W sitting under the chairmanship of Lord Teviot has been specially asked to report. The Committee is, I understand, at present engaged on the preparation of its final Report, and as soon as this is received I will go fully into the matter.