HC Deb 01 July 1988 vol 136 c384W
Mr. Pawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services when he anticipates announcing the date of the changes in payment for the sight test.

Mr. Newton

Subject to the enactment of the Health and Medicines Bill, it is expected that free NHS sight tests will be confined to groups of patients specified in the Bill or in regulations with effect from 1 April 1989.