§ MR. BOWLES (Lambeth, Norwood)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Home Department whether his attention, has been called to the proceedings of the General Medical Council in the recent, case of Dr. John Bate Bawden; whether he is aware that, though proved to have committed only a slight infraction of etiquette, which he engaged not to repeat. Dr. Bawden's name has been removed from the medical register on the ground that he was guilty of infamous conduct in a professional respect; and whether, in view of the power of the General. Medical Council to adjudge as infamous any conduct of which it disapproves, and the absence of any appeal or other remedy to the victims of such judgments; he is prepared to introduce legislation, limiting the powers of this Council to bringing cases of unprofessional conduct, before a Divisional Court.
§ MR. GLADSTONEI am informed by the Registrar of the General Medical 217 Council that the Council, after a prolonged and careful trial, at which the accused practitioner was present and gave evidence on his own behalf, came to the conclusion that a grave professional offence had been committed by Dr. Bawden. I am not prepared to introduce legislation on the lines suggested.