asked the Minister of Health what steps are taken by local authorities under the National Health Service to rehabilitate patients who have been discharged as cured from tuberculosis hospitals.

All local health authorities are under statutory direction to provide for the after-care of tubercular persons, and it is part of this duty to help in the occupational resettlement of restored patients, particularly in association with the functions of the Ministry of Labour and National Service under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act.