§ MR. MARNHAM (Surrey, Chertsey)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to a serious, and afterwards fatal, accident to the driver of a London and South Western Railway motor train near Bentley station on the 28th February, when the injured man was taken by train to Bordon camp, with a view to his receiving the assistance of the military doctor there; whether he is aware that the latter refused to attend to the man; whether there are any restrictions in the Army Regulations which prevent military doctors from attending to civilian casualties such as the one referred to; and, if so, will he take steps to have such restrictions forthwith removed.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. Haldane, Haddington)I have made inquiries into this matter. It appears that the military medical officer concerned was not asked to attend to the man. There are no restrictions placed on military medical officers against rendering immediate assistance in civil cases, nor to the admission into military hospitals of cases requiring 1793 surgical attendance, the result of serious accidents in the immediate vicinity.