§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what charges, for example for laundry, are deducted from the non-contributory invalidity benefit of long-stay patients in hospitals for mentally handicapped people.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergHealth authorities have no power to deduct charges from an in-patient's noncontributory invalidity benefit for any service that is provided to him as a patient under the National Health Service.