Mr. MARSHALL HALLasked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the report of the Coroners' Committee upon the use of anæsthetics and the decision of the Court of Appeal in Bellerby v. Heyworth, he will consider the advisability of at once introducing legislation to 578W protect the interests of the public at the hands of unqualified medical and dental practitioners?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe recommendations of the coroners' committee are now under consideration, and I hope, when time permits, to propose legislation with regard to them. As regards the question of unqualified practitioners, I understand that, in reply to a circular issued at the instance of the Lord President by the Local Government Boards of England, Scotland, and Ireland, a large body of information has been collected from medical officers of health, which will, it is hoped, be published at no distant date as a Parliamentary Paper. When this information is available, the Government will be in a better position to consider what action is desirable.