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The medical officer of health of a local authority who by the terms of his appointment is restricted from engaging in private practice as a medical practitioner shall not be appointed for a limited period only and shall be removable by the authority with the consent" of the Minister of Health or by the Minister and not otherwise.
§ Sir P. MAGNUSI beg to move, at the beginning of the Clause, to insert the words, "In cases to which this Section applies."
1473 The fact of this Amendment having to be moved to-day arises from the circumstance that the hon. Member in whose name the Amendment stood did not appear in the Committee Room in time to move his Amendment. The same Amendment appears exactly to Clause 2. That Amendment was moved in Committee. Afterwards it was arranged that this Amendment, which is a drafting Amendment, should be moved on Report stage.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Sir P. MAGNUSI beg to move, at the end of the Clause, to add the words
This Section applies to—
- (a) the medical officer of health of a county borough where any portion of the salary of the medical officer was paid out of moneys voted by Parliament before it was constituted a county borough;
- (b) the medical officer of health of a county district any portion of whose salary is paid out of the county fund of the county in which the district is situate and charged to the exchequer contribution account.
Dr. MURRAYI would put it respectfully to the hon. Gentleman that the House would like to know exactly what is the effect of this Amendment. No explanation has been given. We were protesting a little while ago against the conduct of the promoter's of the previous Bill that they were not sufficiently explaining to the House what was the effect of their Bill. I should like my hon. Friend to tell us what exactly this Amendment means.
§ Sir F. BANBURYOn a point of Order. I understood, Mr. Speaker, on the Amendment which my hon. Friend has just moved, that you put the Question and collected the voices. [HON. MEMBERS: "No" and "Yes."] The hon. Gentleman opposite (Dr. Murray) is now speaking, and there is no question before us.
§ Mr. SPEAKERI had collected the voices, but I did not declare whether the "Ayes" or the "Noes" had it, because at that moment I observed the hon. Member rising.
Mr. J. JONESWhy is the right hon. Baronet for the City so enthusiastic about this, and not about the last Bill?
§ Sir P. MAGNUSThis Amendment is exactly the same as the one which is already in the Bill. It refers to exactly the same subject as Clause 2, but if it is necessary I will explain the point again on the Third Reading. This Amendment was put in at the request of the Ministry of Health in order to restrict the operation of the Bill to certain local authorities which had special advantage given to them previously.
§ Mr. T. GRIFFITHSWe are simply asking for an explanation of this Amendment now, and not upon the Third Reading.
§ Question put, "That those words be there inserted in the Bill."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 100; Noes, 17.
1475| Division No. 149.] | AYES. | [4.23 p.m. |
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Cope, Major William | Henry, Denis S. (Londonderry, S.) |
| Allen, Lieut.-Colonel William James | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Hinds, John |
| Banbury, Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick G. | Craik, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry | Holbrook, Sir Arthur Richard |
| Banner, Sir John S. Harmood- | Croft, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Page | Hopkins, John W. W. |
| Barlow, Sir Montague | Dawes, James Arthur | Hunter, General Sir A. (Lancaster) |
| Barnes, Rt. Hon. G. (Glas., Gorbals) | Dockreil, Sir Maurice | Hurst, Lieut.-Colonel Gerald B. |
| Barnston, Major Harry | Edwards, Major J. (Aberavon) | James, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Cuthbert |
| Bellairs, Commander Carlyon W. | Evans, Ernest | Jones, J. T. (Carmarthen, Llanelly) |
| Bennett, Sir Thomas Jewell | Fell, Sir Arthur | Kelley, Major Fred (Rotherham) |
| Blake, Sir Francis Douglas | Flannery, Sir James Fortescue | Kinloch-Cooke, Sir Clement |
| Breese, Major Charles E. | Ford, Patrick Johnston | Lane-Fox, G. R. |
| Bruton, Sir James | Forrest, Walter | Larmor, Sir Joseph |
| Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel A. | Gardiner, James | Lewis, Rt. Hon. J. H. (Univ., Wales) |
| Burdon, Colonel Rowland | Gibbs, Colonel George Abraham | Lindsay, William Arthur |
| Burn, Col. C. R. (Devon, Torquay) | Gilbert, James Daniel | Lyle, C. E. Leonard |
| Butcher, Sir John George | Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John | M'Donald, Dr. Bouverie F. P. |
| Campbell, J. D. G. | Goff, Sir R. Park | M'Lean, Lieut.-Col. Charles W. W. |
| Cautley, Henry Strother | Green, Joseph F. (Leicester, W.) | McNeill, Ronald (Kent, Canterbury) |
| Cheyne, Sir William Watson | Greene, Lt.-Col. Sir W. (Hack'y, N.) | Mallaby-Deeley, Harry |
| Coates, Major Sir Edward F. | Guinness, Lieut.-Col. Hon. W. E. | Molson, Major John Elsdale |
| Cockerill, Brigadier-General G. K. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | Murray, Dr. D. (Inverness & Ross) |
| Colfox, Major Wm. Phillips | Hall, Captain Sir Douglas Bernard | Murray, John (Leeds, West) |
| Colvin, Brig.-General Richard Beale | Hall, Rr-Adml Sir W. (Llv'p'l, W. D'by) | Neal, Arthur |
| Conway, Sir W. Martin | Hayward, Evan | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Nield, Sir Herbert | Sanders, Colonel Sir Robert Arthur | Williams, Lt.-Col. Sir R. (Banbury) |
| Norris, Colonel Sir Henry G. | Scott, A. M. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Wilson, Colonel Leslie O. (Reading) |
| Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike | Seddon, J. A. | Wise, Frederick |
| Philipps, Gen. Sir I. (Southampton) | Smith, Sir Malcolm (Orkney) | Wood, Sir H. K. (Woolwich, West) |
| Pinkham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles | Smithers, Sir Alfred W. | Wood, Major S. Hill- (High Peak) |
| Raffan, Peter Wilson | Stanton, Charles Butt | Young, Sir Frederick W. (Swindon) |
| Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel | Sutherland, Sir William | |
| Richardson, Alexander (Gravesend) | Warner, Sir T. Courtenay T. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Roberts, Rt. Hon. G. H. (Norwich) | White, Col. G. D. (Southport) | Sir Philip Magnus and Major |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, Consett) | Morrison-Bell. |
| Samuel, Rt. Hon. Sir H. (Norwood) | Williams, Col. P. (Middlesbrough, E.) | |
| NOES. | ||
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillery) | Kennedy, Thomas | Wedgwood, Colonel Josiah C. |
| Barnes, Major H. (Newcastle, E.) | Lawson, John James | Wignall, James |
| Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Lowther, Major C. (Cumberland, N.) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| Galbraith, Samuel | Robertson, John | |
| Henderson, Rt. Hon. A. (Widnes) | Smith, W. R. (Wellingborough) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Irving, Dan | Swan, J. E. | Mr. T. Griffiths and Mr. John. |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Waterson, A. E. |
Bill read the Third time, and passed.