§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Health, in view of his announcement in circular 3, 1948, that Health Centres must be indefinitely postponed, what arrangements he is making for those young doctors who may be willing to accept service under the Act to be equipped with surgeries; and what arrangements, in view of the present building situation, he is making to provide the greatly increased institutional treatment promised by the Act.
§ Mr. BevanThe hon. Member seems to be under a misapprehension. No immediate substantial increase of building work under the Act has ever been promised or regarded as feasible, but I have made it quite clear that building development in all fields of the Act will be carried on as fast as conditions allow.