HC Deb 29 April 1981 vol 3 c409W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if visitors from overseas who hold British passports are entitled to free National Health Service services at the time of use.

Dr. Vaughan

Eligibility to use the NHS is not tied to British nationality; provision of a British passport by an overseas visitor does not, therefore, entitle him to free NHS services.