§ 29. Mr. NIELDasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East, as representing the Insurance Commissioners, whether application was made by the Scottish Clerks' Association, whose head office is in Glasgow, to have their special medical scheme whereby a member had free choice of doctor, paid the charge incurred, and upon verification of such payment was reimbursed by the society, and which scheme the society had worked successfully for many years, recognised by the Commissioners in the event of them granting the application of the society to be an approved society under the Act; whether the society was informed, and when, that their medical scheme was accepted; whether such acceptance was subsequently repudiated; and, if so, when and for what reason?
Mr. BENNAs my right hon. Friend has previously stated in reply to similar questions, the scheme referred to has at no time been approved by the Commissioners; the two latter parts of the question do not therefore arise.