§ Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Health the present number of ophthalmic medical practitioners practising in the London area, the number in contract with the National Health Service, and the numbers, respectively, in full-time service and part-time service with hospitals and school-clinics and in private practice only.
§ Miss PittTwo hundred and twenty-nine ophthalmic medical practitioners are under contract with the London Executive Council. I regret that the other information is not available. School clinics are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Minister of Education.