29 JULY 1955, Page 15

Apparently your correspondent is so out of touch with the

situation as to imagine that there could be a Committee stage of a Northern Ireland Health Bill at Westminster or that Mr. Bevan was in any way responsible for the Health Service over here.

The policy laid down by the late Mr. Grant, a staunch Unionist, remains the policy of our government. It was the Mater Hospital that decided not to take advantage of the financial provisions of our Health Services Act.—Yours faithfully,