§ 29. Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the nature of his proposal put to the Fife health board on the use of prisoners for the cleaning of hospital linen; and if he will publish the details of these proposals.
§ Mr. John MacKayA letter was sent to Fife health board on 6 July asking it to re-examine existing proposals for the provision of new laundry facilities in its area, which must involve looking at the possibility of using outside contractors. The board's attention was drawn to the existence of ample spare capacity at Shotts prison laundry322W which was specifically built to process National Health Service laundry, and was completed in 1978. It already provides a service for the Stirling district of Forth Valley health board.