§ 36. Mr. SCRYMGEOUR - WEDDERBURN (for Marquess of CLYDESDALE)asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the large increase of commercial pilots in Scotland and the expense and inconvenience to which they are placed in presenting themselves for medical examination in London, he is prepared to authorise the appointment of a medical board for Scotland, either in Glasgow or Edinburgh, to include an approved resident doctor, which board will refer border-line cases to the central board in London?
§ Sir P. SASSOONI regret that the number of applicants from Scottish addresses does not justify the setting up of a special board in Scotland. Medical examination in London is ordinarily only insisted upon in connection with the initial grant of the licences, when the candidate's presence in London is in any case necessary, for the technical or flying test, and once in every two years subsequently.