HC Deb 07 March 1956 vol 549 c206W
Mr. Grimond

asked the Minister of Health why opticians are not allowed to supply rimless spectacles under the National Health scheme.

Mr. Turton

Rimless mountings do not give the protection to the lenses which is afforded by the usual frame, and I should not feel justified in authorising the expenditure of public money on them.

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