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Mrs. Chalker
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will consider altering the charges for lenses supplied to partially-sighted persons as part of a continually changing treatment.
Dr. Owen
Health authorities may already issue on loan temporary glasses to patients without charge following cataract operations. I am considering whether it is possible to extend these arrangements to others during periods of continually changing visual accuity.