HC Deb 23 March 1979 vol 964 c232W
Mr. Litterick

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied that hospital management boards have enough resources to cope with the extant regulations governing the ventilation of hospital operating theatres.

Mr. Moyle

I am satisfied that health authorities have sufficient resources to cope with the guidance issued by my Department in June 1973, following the publication of the report of the Joint Working Party on Ventilation in Operation Suites (Lidwell Report). But the determination of priorities in the allocation of resources is a matter for local decision.