§ 35. Mr. PETOasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the resolution passed on Tuesday, the 19th instant, by the representatives of the divisions of the British Medical Association that the provisions of the National Insurance Act are unworkable and derogatory to the medical profession, and that the medical profession decline to take service under the Act and Regulations as at present constituted, he proposes to recast the Regulations for providing medical benefit in such a manner as shall not be injurious to medical science and practice in this country; and, in any case, how he proposes to provide the medical benefit offered under the Act to insured contributors?
§ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Lloyd George)I was requested last week by the British Medical Association to receive a deputation in regard to certain points in the Regulations relating to medical benefit and acceded to their suggestion. I am at present in communication with a committee appointed by the association for that purpose. In the circumstances I consider that no statement could usefully be made.