asked the Minister of Health whether he intends to bring forward legislation to amend the Nurses Registration Act, 1919?

No, Sir.

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that very considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed by representative organisations with recent decisions of the General Nursing Council under this Act?

I daresay there is a certain amount of dissatisfaction, but there are so many more pressing subjects for legislation.

Will the right hon. Gentleman take steps to call the attention of the General Nursing Council to their duties and to this Act?

I must assume that the General Nursing Council is familiar with the Act.

asked the Minister of Health what steps his Department is taking to prohibit the sale of skimmed-milk Dutch cheese without the buyer being made aware at the time of purchase that it is not whole-milk cheese?

The sale of skimmed-milk cheese under any description indicating that it is whole-milk cheese would be an offence under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act. I have no power to impose any further requirements as to the sale of this commodity.

Will not the right hon. Gentleman take some steps to protect the purchaser of these cheeses, who are for the most part among the poorest of the population? They are being cheated.

That may be true, but it is not part of my duty. I am only concerned with adulteration.

Is it not part of the right hon. Gentleman's duty to protect the poor from being cheated?

asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the recent outbreaks of psittacosis in Warwickshire; whether any inquiry into the causes of the disease is being instituted; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter?

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. All recent alleged cases of this disease in this country that have come to the notice of my Department have been studied, and in some instances medical officers of the Ministry have taken part in the investigations. The question of further administrative action will be considered as soon as the inquiries now in progress are completed.

Is it a fact that there is at present no obligation to report these cases once they have been diagnosed by the medical officer of health, and does the right hon. Gentleman not think, in view of the seriousness of the disease, that notification ought to be made compulsory?

That may be so, but I imagine in all these cases of relatively rare diseases that, as soon as they occur, they do, in fact, report them to the medical officers of health.

Will the right hon. Gentleman consider the possibility of inviting all port medical officers of health to pay particular attention to all parrots being brought into this country?

asked the Minister of Health when the Departmental Committee will issue its Report on the disposal of London refuse?

I regret that I am unable at present to add anything to the reply given to the hon. Member for the South-Eastern Division of Essex (Mr. Oldfield) on the 12th ultimo.