§ Mr. John Wellsasked the Minister of Health if he will introduce legislation to streamline and improve the area of medical and welfare service where both local authorities and the National Health Service have responsibilities, with a view to reducing administrative costs, saving expectant mothers unnecessary duplication of consultations, making the ambulance service more flexible in the patients' interest and to making similar improvements.
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§ Mr. K. RobinsonI agree that coordination of local authority and other health and welfare services is of first importance and I am constantly looking for new ways to further this; but I do not think that legislation is called for at this stage.