§ 40. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he realises that the cost incurred by a medical practitioner in visiting his patients over a wide agricultural area with a scattered rural population, such as Salisbury Plain or the Cotswold Hills, far exceeds that incurred by an urban practitioner; and whether, under such circumstances, he will more nearly equalise the doctors' remuneration for their services under the National Insurance Act by granting a special mileage allowance to the former?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Masterman)As I have previously pointed out, there is no reason why the total sum to be provided for medical remuneration should not be distributed amongst the doctors, with the co-operation of the medical profession, in such a manner as to equalise the remuneration for the services of town and country practitioners.