§ 33. Sir HENRY CRAIKasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East whether his attention has been called to the delay which has occured in paying the doctors on the Stoke-on-Trent panel; and whether the Insurance Commissioners could bring to an end a state of matters which inflicts heavy loss upon the doctors who have undertaken to serve under the Act?
Mr. BENNMy right hon. Friend is not aware that any avoidable delay has arisen in the case referred to. He is informed that the doctors in question have already been paid 94 per cent. of the amount estimated to be available for their remuneration, and that, as a matter of fact, the accounts with a view to a settlement are in the hands of the doctors themselves for agreement by them.