HC Deb 29 April 1947 vol 436 c196W
33. Mr. Carson

asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will consider conversations with the French authorities with a view to obtaining facilities for British ex-Service men suffering from tuberculosis to go for cures in the French Alps and other suitable places in France.

Mr. J. Hynd

The beneficial results of institutional treatment for tuberculosis are normally best maintained when this treatment has been given in the country in which the patient lives and works. In certain exceptional cases, treatment abroad may have a special value and consideration is already given to such cases. I do not feel, however, that a useful purpose would be served by initiating formal conversations with the French authorities on the lines suggested.