Former MP for Preston
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has yet reached a decision on the supply of morphia in collapsible tubes for emergency use to accredited mountain-rescue parties.
May I ask my right hon. Friend if he is aware how timely this decision is, in view of the approaching Christmas holidays, and can he explain how far this new decision differs from the previous regulations?
Would my right hon. Friend be prepared to give special encouragement to co-operative marketing of these products?
asked the Secretary of State for War what facilities for local leave are available to British troops in the Suez Canal Zone other than to the island of Cyprus.
In view of the somewhat restricted facilities available, could not some of those camps built by us during the war in the territories of Cyrenaica, the Sudan, Aden and British Somaliland by opened up again as leave centres for these troops?
Can my right hon. Friend say how many surgeons in this area hold consultant status; further, could he not perhaps look into the matter of offering adequate remuneration in order to procure the highest possible type of surgeon specialist to be flown out to that area?
In view of the long delay there has been in finding a tenant for this very valuable factory space, is my right hon. Friend aware that he ought to be congratulated on at last persuading Hawker Aircraft to move over to that area?
I hardly think that the speech which we have just heard calls for any reply. To my mind, by far the most important part of the Minister's statement was his hint that this proposed charge may be only temporary. He also stated that the announcement of the charge has already had some effect in reducing the number of prescriptions. If this tendency has, in fact, already begun to show itself, why...
