§ 91. Mr. Llewellynasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there are at present 1,000 beds empty in Swiss sanatoria; that there are 8,000 notified cases of tuberculosis in Great Britain waiting for proper treatment and therefore spreading infection; that the cost of treatment in sanatoria need not exceed a basic 30s. a day; and whether he will now make sufficient currency available, in consultation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a view to enabling tubercular patients to fill empty beds in Swiss sanatoria.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopThere is no power to provide or pay for treatment under the National Health Service Act outside this country.