§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Health how many hospital beds in England and Wales will be available on the appointed day, as compared with the number in 1938.
§ Mr. BevanThe total number of beds in England and Wales at the end of 1947, the latest date for which information is available, was 533,000. The corresponding figure for 1938 so far as is known was 466,000.