HC Deb 22 December 1954 vol 535 c300W
95. Mr. Collins

asked the Minister of Health if he will consider the general use in maternity hospitals of the plastic identification band, a sample of which has been sent to him by the hon. Member of Shoreditch and Finsbury, in which a printed and numbered band for the mother has a numbered counterpart for the baby, which cannot be removed, and which obviates the possibility of mistakes in identity of babies born in hospitals.

Mr. Iain Macleod

I will, of course, consider this, but it appears simply to be a variant of the method commonly used in this country.