§ Mr. Nealasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the compulsory use of the now obsolete National Registration identity card numbers in connection with claims for dental treatment: and if he will substitute a more appropriate code occasioning less inconvenience to the dentists and the general public.
§ Mr. TurtonWhen the abolition of National Registration was announced on the 21st February, 1952, it was explained in this House that National Registration numbers were being taken over as National Health Service numbers as a matter of convenience in order to save the labour and expense of introducing an alternative code.