14 DECEMBER 1945, Page 4

There was a curious confusion of vowels in Hansard for

one day last week. The report of an answer by the Minister of Health runs : " What I have done is to inform doctors that it is highly improbable that I will permit the sale and purchase of practices in future—Mon. MEMBERS: Ohl." Actually what hon. Members said was not "Oh " but " I? I? I? I? "—a reasonable comment on the marked attachment of certain Ministers to the first person singular, Mr. Aneurin Bevan being by no means the only offender.