§ Sir PHILIP MAGNUSasked whether the sum of £1,650,000 for medical benefit will be included in the Supplementary Estimates to be submitted to the House before the recess?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI beg to refer the hon. Member to the Supplementary Estimates, which have now been circulated.
§ Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Secretary to the Treasury if his attention has been called to the case of Joseph Brayley, of 21, Ceylon Road, Hammersmith, who has been a member of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows for about forty years, and whose insurance was paid and his card stamped so long as he was able to work, who has been laid up in bed ill since October, and now cannot even get a card to obtain the medical aid which is necessary for him; whether he is aware that this man has written to the Commissioners on several occasions and can only get official acknowledgments of his letters; and will he say if he is to be left without medical attendance or left dependent on the charity of a medical man when he wishes for a panel doctor?
Mr. MASTER MANThe Commissioners first heard from the person referred to on the 21st January, and communicated with the society on the 23rd. They are informed that he is not a State insured member of the society in question, but a deposit contributor. His medical ticket and insurance book have been forwarded to him, and he is in a position to obtain medical benefit at once.
Major STANLEYasked the Secretary to the Treasury what arrangements have been made to provide medical benefits for domestic servants whose employer may reside part of the year in one place and part in another and who has no fixed residence in either place?
Mr. MASTER MANThe regulations provide that an insured person moving from the area of one insurance committee to that of another may, by giving notice to the committee of the area to which lie moves obtain medical attendance and treatment from a doctor on the panel in the latter area.