Lieut.-Commander HILTON YOUNGasked the Minister of Pensions whether he will consider the desirability of abolishing the office of Deputy Commissioner of Medical Services and, in the interests both of economy and efficient administration, delegating the work now done by this Department to the local committees, as before October, 1919?
§ Major TRYONThe Deputy Commissioner of Medical Services is responsible both for the machinery of medical boarding and the examination of pensioners, as well as for the supervision of their medical treatment. My right hon. Friend is satisfied that this post serves the interests both of economy and of efficient administration, and he is unable, therefore, to entertain my hon. and gallant Friend's suggestion.