§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many transistor hearing aids have been sent to National Health Service distribution centres in Scotland; how many people in Scotland are at present using conventional National Health Service hearing aids; and how long it is estimated it will take to provide transistor aids to all who need them.
§ Mr. MaclayOver 6,000 National Health Service transistor hearing aids have been sent to distribution centres in Scotland: some 78,000 people in Scotland are at present using conventional National Health Service valve hearing aids; and I estimate that production of
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF NEW POTATOES From January-April, 1959 January-May, 1959 January-April, 1960 Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cyprus … 143,731 224,481 297,876 520,664 277,842 377,372 Malta and Gozo … 2,843 4,756 148,135 247,907 84,982 160,342 South Africa … 48,687 66,953 48,687 66,953 — — Australia … — — — — 4 10 Irish Republic … — — 7,198 17,117 7 11 Norway … 1,563 1,830 1,563 1,830 — — Denmark … 10,654 10,727 10,654 10,727 — — Western Germany … 10 56 10 56 111 333 Netherlands … 3,019 8,140 28,143 57,851 9,447 27,411 France … 810 1,648 38,779 93,155 586 1,578 Portugal … — — 6,074 12,050 857 1,692 Spain … 127,357 267,168 754,222 1,570,577 432,429 1,142,856 Italy … 114,638 275,868 410,158 922,662 332,324 1,021,064 Greece … — — — — 41,604 103,761 Algeria … 75,068 153,204 168,484 336,279 44 104 Canary Islands … 800,428 2,073,491 1,037,963 2,664,474 504,891 1,422,745 Egypt … 351,890 498,277 470,652 686,610 73,811 111,016 Libya … 14,740 32,018 14,740 *31,977 938 2,428 Morocco (excluding Tangier) … 252,046 541,936 304,876 666,913 110,687 269,138 Lebanon … — — 2,000 3,500 — — Israel … 6,387 15,721 18,278 41,291 21,544 54,267 Total … 1,953,871 4,176,274 3,768,492 7,952,583 1,892,098 4,696,128 * Amended figure