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Sir W. Smithers
asked the Minister of Health, in view of the fact that free health services are extended to foreigners who come to this country, with which countries he has now arranged for the giving of reciprocal facilities.
Mr. Bevan
A Convention on Social and Medical Assistance with Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands has been signed and awaits ratification. Another agreement on details has also been signed. The arrangement is that nationals of any one of these countries, who are without sufficient means and who lawfully reside in the territories of another, can benefit by the medical and social legislation of the country in which they are.