HC Deb 18 November 1963 vol 684 c34W
Mr. Lubbock

asked the Minister of Health when facilities will be available to allow every woman to have her first confinement in hospital within easy reach of her home.

Mr. Barber

Well over 80 per cent, of these confinements in England and Wales are in National Health Service hospitals and the proportion is rising. The Hospital Plan provides for a large and continuous increase in maternity services.