§ MR. WILES (Islington, S.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether, having regard to recent cases brought under his notice in which certificates of duly qualified medical practitioners, stating reason for sick absence of postal employees, have not been accepted by the Department, he will state when he intends to put into operation the recommendations contained in Paragraph 40 of the Hobhouse Committee's Report that free medical attendance should be provided for postal employees who reside in districts outside the four-mile radius.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarI hope to bring into force the recommendation of the Select Committee respecting free medical attendance at home for persons living outside the visiting area of their medical officer on 1st October next. It was not possible to bring this concession into force at the same time as the other concessions recommended by the Committee on account of the complicated nature of the arrangements, and the requisite notices to the medical men that were necessary for giving effect to it.