§ Mr. SNOWDENasked if the woman member of the Insurance Commission will be paid the same salary as the men members?
§ Mr. SNOWDENMay I ask if that practice will be observed in all appointments under the Insurance Bill?
§ Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSI beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer a question of which I have given him private notice, namely, whether the report is correct that the secretary of the British Medical Association has been appointed a member of the Commission; and, if so, when was he first approached?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe report is correct. Mr. J. Smith Whitaker was approached last week for the first time on the subject. He consulted his council, and I have a letter from him dated 2nd December, as follows:—
Having consulted the council of the British Medical Association, I have been advised by them to accept the post of deputy-chairman of the Insurance Commission for England offered in your letter of December 1st, and I do so accept on the terms stated in that letter.
§ Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSMay I ask whether we may assume that the British Medical Association are satisfied with the provisions of the Bill?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI should not like to express an opinion on that question. At any rate, the offer was made to the secretary, and the British Medical Association allowed him to accept the position.
§ Major ANSTRUTHER-GRAYWill any person be appointed to represent Scotland?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEWe shall appoint a medical officer, though, perhaps, not on the same terms. So far as England is concerned, the appointment has been given to one who has experience of this country.