§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that in certain E.M.S. hospitals under the management of county councils a system prevails whereby the steward benefits personally by keeping the expenses below a certain figure and that this leads to reducing the standard of food supplied to resident medical staff and patients; and whether he will take steps to alter this arrangement at hospitals in his jurisdiction.
§ Mr. WillinkI have no evidence of the existence of the system referred to in the first part of the Question, and the second part therefore does not arise.