§ 38. Sir KINGSLEY WOODasked the Prime Minister whether he can announce the terms of reference of the Royal Commission on National Insurance?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe terms of reference have been drafted provisionally but are not yet finally settled. A promise was given that before they were settled they should be shown to representatives of the medical profession and of the approved societies.
§ Mr. MASTERMANIs the reference entirely confined to National Health Insurance, or will it take other insurance?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNational Health Insurance only.
§ Mr. BETTERTONHas the right hon. Gentleman the names of those who are to serve on the Royal Commission?
§ The PRIME MINISTERObviously, I cannot give them at this stage.