§ 29. Mr. Keelingasked the Minister of Health the cost of printing and delivering to all medical practitioners in Middlesex a list of all the chemists in Middlesex; and what is the object of doing so.
§ Mr. BevanAbout #x00A377. It was thought useful for doctors to have this, as they did under the old Health Insurance scheme, but I am consulting the profession as to whether it need now be continued.
§ Mr. KeelingWill the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind that an alphabetical and not a geographical list of nearly 1,000 chemists is of no possible interest to a doctor, who knows what chemists there are in his own district and does not want to know what chemists there are in other districts?
§ Mr. BevanThis list has to be prepared for patients in the area, so that there is not much additional cost involved.