§ SIR JOHN TUKE (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that evasions of the Medical Acts and the Dental Acts to the detriment of the public have been effected under the provisions of the Companies Acts: and, if so, whether he proposes to initiate legislation to preclude the possibility of such evasions being effected in future.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) I am aware of the cases, recently before the Courts, to which the hon. Member refers. I am not in a position to make any statement as to 1364 legislation, but I may say that the Lord President of the Council has been in communication with the General Medical Council and the Board of Trade on the subject of companies carrying on business as doctors and dentists; and the Board of Trade are, I understand, obtaining the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown on the question of the registration of such companies under the Companies Acts.