§ 55. Mr. Wainwrightasked the Minister of Health if he will take the necessary action to ensure that hospital boards give favourable consideration to the use of home-produced coal in preference to imported fuel for the heating of all new buildings under their control.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonI would refer my hon. Friend to my reply on 11th March to my hon. Friend the Member for Ince (Mr. McGuire).
§ 58. Mr. Wainwrightasked the Minister of Health in how many buildings, under the control of hospital boards, the heating apparatus has been converted from coal to oil in each of the past four years; and how much oil was used in coal equivalent in such buildings.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonSeventy-four, seventy-one, sixty and sixty-three hospitals; and respectively for the conversions in each year 44,000, 58,000, 48,000 and 66,000 tons per annum.