§ 4. Major GRAHAM POLEasked the Secretary of State for India if it is the intention of the Government to take early steps towards the establishment of on all-India Medical Council?
§ Following is the statement:
§ Mr. BENNThe Government of India are anxious to introduce the necessary legislation at the earliest possible date, but it is doubtful whether this will be possible during the present session of their legislature.
§ Lieut.-Colonel FREMANTLEWill the right hon. Gentleman do his utmost to impress upon the two Governments that, unless we have reciprocity between the two Governments and the two medical councils, Indian practitioners will be debarred from the whole possibility of any practice throughout the rest of the British Empire; and that it is extremely important to keep the two working together—the General Medical Council here and the Council in India?
§ Mr. BENNThe Government of India are fully aware of the facts mentioned by the hon. and gallant Member.