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Wales (Administration)

Volume 484: debated on Monday 12 February 1951

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asked the Prime Minister whether he has any further statement to make concerning the establishment of a Welsh Board of Local Government and Planning in Wales.

I would refer the hon. Member to the announcement made on Saturday by the Minister of Local Government and Planning and the Minister of Health.

Should the House be satisfied with an answer given on a Saturday to a Question asked in the House? Is the Prime Minister aware that there is grave dissatisfaction in Wales about the different legal status given to the Welsh Board of Health as compared with that of the Ministry of Health in London, because it is felt in Wales that the same legal status should be given to the Welsh Board of Health and Local Government as is given to the Ministry in England?

This is not a debate on Wales, and this supplementary goes far beyond the Question.