At any time some other Crisis in Another Part of the world may require that this kind of operation be carried out.

The Crisis in Part is of world proportions but the factors that, in countries broadly similar to ours, have led to anxieties deeper than anything we have seen since the end of the Second World War have been deepened in this country by the squeeze of the last Budget and the intensification of price control which followed.

No one on the Government Benches has denied that there is that Crisis in Parts of the Health Service.

Given that the Government have made special additional allocations in the past when there has been a particular Crisis in Another Part of the world, can the Minister undertake to the House that that is under active consideration and that, if necessary, such money will be forthcoming from the British Government?

It is fair to assume that imminently there will be a serious humanitarian Crisis in Parts of Lebanon.

My Lords, if I may say so, that is rather wide of the mark in relation to the recent Crisis in This Part of South America.