§ 31. Sir PHILIP MAGNUSasked whether, having regard to the functions which are discharged by medical officers of health, particularly in the inspection of and reporting on the insanitary dwellings of the poor, in giving effect to the recent 532 Tuberculosis Orders and in other matters affecting the health of the people, and having regard also to the disabilities under which they suffer in respect of fixity of tenure of office, absence of any superannuation allowance, and the payment out of their salaries of the increased and increasing expenses connected with the discharge of their responsible duties, he will appoint a Committee to inquire generally into their conditions of service and to report to the House?
§ Mr. BURNSI am considering the question of the extension of the principle of fixity of tenure of whole-time officials and other aspects of the matter in the light of changes introduced by recent legislation, and I will give careful consideration to the suggestion of the hon. Member.