78. Major HOPEasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will advise the present Scottish provisional insurance committees to avoid, as far as possible, entering into contracts for provision of medical benefit which are binding for a long period beyond 14th July, 1913, especially when the proposed arrangements are contrary to the expressed wishes and representations of the approved societies and insured persons chiefly concerned, seeing that they will not be fully represented in accordance with Section 59 of the National Insurance Act until the new committees are constituted under Regulation No. 22 of the Scottish Insurance Commissioners?
Mr. ROBERTSONI see no reason to adopt the course proposed. The Scottish insurance Commissioners have received no objections to the present insurance committees making contracts for medical attendance extending beyond the date named.
Major HOPEMay I give an instance where insured persons are relieved by the action of the insurance committee in making a contract up to the end of January?