§ Lord Balnielasked the Minister of Health why he has turned down an offer by Derbyshire industrialists to provide a £50,000 hyperbaric oxygen chamber for the treatment of patients suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning and heart disease at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary; and why he has refused the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board's proposal to contribute £10,000 of the £12,000–£15,000 annual running costs.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonIn 1963, in view of advice that the scope for hyperbaric oxygen therapy had yet to be established, my Department advised the consultants concerned to seek the views of the Medical Research Council. The Department has not been approached since then nor, I understand, has the Medical Research Council.