§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the majority of portable telephones available for use in the wards of the hospitals of England and Wales are supplied as the result of the efforts of Leagues of Friends, Guilds of Supporters, and so on; and if he will ensure, in the interests of patients' welfare, that every hospital has an adequate number of telephone trolleys for bedside use supplied under the National Health Service.
§ Mr. BraineA large number are so provided: hospital authorities may use National Health Service funds for this purpose if they consider it desirable.