§ 39. Dr. HILLMANasked the Minister of Health whether, seeing that he has decided not to proceed with the proposed redraft of parts of the medical benefit regulations dealing with fee-charging, and that the Insurance Acts Committee of the British Medical Association acquiesced in this decison, he will take the opportunity of making it clear that there was no connection between the proposed redraft and the deduction from insurance doctors' remuneration made as an emergency economy last October?
Sir H. YOUNGI am glad to have an opportunity of repeating what I indicated in reply to a question on this subject by my hon. Friend on the 3rd December, that the proposal to redraft the relevant parts of the regulations was initiated by the Department in September, 1930, and was therefore entirely unconnected with the proposals for securing emergency economies in. the cost of medical benefit which became necesary a year later.
§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESWill the right hon. Gentleman tell the House why the proposed draft has been dropped?
§ Mr. BUCHANANAre we to understand that this alteration in the conditions of the insured contributors was agreed to in September, and that it has not been altered in any way by the present holder of the office of Minister of Health? Is not this another attack on the workers?