§ Dr. A. Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that statistics of hospital expenditure for the County of Fife as a whole conceal serious regional disparities; that the Dunfermline and West Fife area has not received its due share of expenditure; and whether he will take steps to remedy this.
§ Mr. MaclayThe priorities accorded to particular hospital projects must be determined by reference to needs, not to the distribution of expenditure over any particular period as between relatively small areas.