§ Sir W. Bromley-Davenportasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applications, from relatives of people whose hospital or medical treatment through neglect or misjudgment has resulted in disabilities preventing them carrying on a normal life, have been turned down under the Limitation Acts since 1945 or during the most recent convenient period; and if, where such disabilities only appear in later life, he will seek to extend the operation of these Acts when they concern medical and hospital treatment.
§ Mr. CrossmanThe information asked for in the first part of the Question is not available and could not be produced without a disproportionate effort, but the Limitation Act, 1963, already provides relief in the type of case the hon. and gallant Member appears to have in mind.