§ 27. Mr. Rankinasked the Minister of Health why it has been decided that new entrants to the general practice of medicine are not to receive the basic salary as of right.
§ 43. Mr. Hastingsasked the Minister of Health in how many cases applications for basic salary have been received by executive councils in England and Wales; and in how many cases this has been granted.
§ Mr. BevanPrecise figures are not available but I understand that more than a thousand applications have been granted.
§ Mr. HastingsCan the Minister give any idea of the proportion of the applications which have been granted?
§ Mr. BevanI cannot give any details at the moment. This is primarily a matter for the executive councils. Unless appeals are made at this stage, I would not have the information.
§ Mr. HastingsCan my right hon. Friend say how many appeals are now in his hands?
§ Mr. Charles WilliamsCan the Minister say how long it will be until we can have a little further information on this point?
§ Dr. SegalDoes not the Minister agree that the attempt on the part of the medical profession to impose a means test upon doctors who apply for a basic salary, is really an effort to defeat the whole object of the basic salary?
§ Mr. BevanIt would be very undesirable for me to make a comment upon the representations of the medical profession. I must deal with the representatives of the profession. If doctors have individual complaints they ought to make them first to their profession, so that I may hear them through the profession.