§ Mr. PRATTasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East, as representing the Insurance Commissioners, whether he is aware that it has been the practice in districts where there is no chemist avail- 2120W able for the local insurance committee to arrange with the doctors on the panel to supply drugs and medicine for a capitation payment of 1s. 6d. per insured person on their list; whether the Commissioners have sanctioned this arrangement, and whether it has worked satisfactorily; and whether the Commissioners have recommended in any such cases that instead of the capitation payment the doctors should be required to dispense their prescriptions in the same manner as chemists on a tariff rate?
§ Mr. W. BENNThe arrangement to which the hon. Member refers is expressly provided for in the Regulations, and has generally been found to work satisfactorily. With regard to the last part of the question, if the hon. Member will give particulars of any cases he has in mind, I will make inquiries.