§ 106. Mr. CURRIEasked the Comptroller of the Household, as representing the National Health Insurance Commissioners, whether an assurance can be given that no changes in the administration of the National Insurance Act will be introduced which will deprive solvent societies of accumulated surpluses and apply them for the benefit of insolvent societies; whether any evidence is in his possession purporting to show that such accumulations per head in Scotland are disappointing as compared with England; whether administration expenditure, including central expenditure, under this Act is still running at the rate of upwards of 5s. per £ of the cash disbursed as benefit; and whether evidence is in his possession proving that such expenditure is lighter in Scotland than in England?
§ Mr. CHARLES ROBERTS (Comptroller of the Household)Any such proposal as is suggested in the first part of the question could only be carried into effect by legislation. The answer to the second and fourth parts of the question is in the negative; as regards the third, I would refer the hon. Member to the statement which I made on the 12th July last.