§ DR. MACNAMARA (Camberwall, N)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his attention has been directed to the case of Dr. Rendall, of Great Yarmouth, who, on 179 23rd November, 1901, was summoned before the General Medical Council and deemed by that body to be guilty of infamous conduct in a professional respect, on the ground that he held an appointment as Medical Officer for the Liverpool Victoria Legal Friendly Society, which canvassed for members, and which society has been established sixty years, is duly registered under the Friendly Societies' Act, and comprises a membership of two and a half millions: and whether he will take the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown with the view to ascertaining whether the General Medical Council have power under the Medical Acts to declare a properly qualified medical man holding such an appointment guilty of infamous conduct and thus be able to erase his name from the Medical Register.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. JESSE COLLINGS,) Birmingham, BordesleyMy hon. friend desires me to say that he does not wish to enter into the details of the particular case referred to, as he understands that it is still, in a sense, sub judice; but he is advised that the powers of the General Medical Council as to deciding what is and what is not "infamous conduct in a professional respect" within the meaning of the Medical Act are clearly laid down by that Act and the decisions there under; and he sees no necessity for consulting the Law Officers of the Crown in the matter.