§ 76. Mr. H. Straussasked the Minister of Health why his Department has given instructions that certificates enabling an expectant mother to purchase sheets for a confinement at home must not be issued until a month before the confinement is due; whether he is aware that the expectant mother may be thereby compelled to travel long distances in public conveyances in the last month of her pregnancy in order to make her purchases; and whether, in view of the unnecessary anxiety, hardship and injury to health which are involved, he will immediately withdraw or modify these instructions.
§ Mr. BevanNo such instructions have been given by my Department. If the hon. and learned Member has an individual case in mind I shall be glad to have particulars.