§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services why the waste disposal unit has been installed in the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital when a local pig farmer has offered to pay for the waste material to feed his pigs.
§ Mr. MoyleThe hospital was designed by the former South-Western Regional Hospital Board whose policy was that waste disposal in central wash-up areas, kitchens and dining rooms should be by mechanical means. This policy was decided in the main in the interests of better hygiene control, thus minimising the dangers of cross-infection.