Hearing Aids

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 January 1974.

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Photo of Mr Michael Alison Mr Michael Alison , Barkston Ash 12:00, 22 January 1974

When announcing the new provisions my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State made it clear, first, that the programme would have to be phased—and therefore I think that many people understood that they would be dealt with later rather than earlier—and, secondly, that the necessity to conduct the programme through the hospital service made it difficult to employ private dispensers.