§ 97. Mr. FITZROYasked the right hon. Gentleman whether in cases in which a medical man in a rural district dispenses his own drugs to insured persons he is entitled to have inserted in his agreement a clause securing to him the right to receive the additional 2s. as provided by the National Insurance Act; and whether he is aware that county insurance committees, whilst assuring rural doctors that they are entitled to the money, assert that they have no authority to insert a clause in the agreement to that effect, but that they must rely on their undertaking?
Mr. ROBERTSONIt is open to an insurance committee to make a special agreement to the effect suggested in the question, but this is not necessary, as the security desired is afforded by the terms of the agreement as it stands and does not depend simply on an undertaking of the committee.