§ Mrs. WINTRINGHAMasked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that the massage advisory committee recently made a unanimous recommendation that the payment of moneys granted for the extra certificates in medical electricity and Swedish remedial exercises be made to all masseuses holding these certificates, and that the reservation limiting such allowances to masseuses engaged in the work requiring the certificates be annulled; whether the Ministry has taken any action on the resolution: and, if not, whether it intends to do so?
Mr. ROBERTSThe reply to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. As regards the latter part, I would draw attention to the fact that the Civil Service Arbitration Board agreed in their award of the 22nd May, 1922, that payment of allowances for additional certificates should be made only when the masseurs or masseuses were required to render the forms of treatment in which such certificates indicate that they are proficient, but I am considering the whole question raised in the light of present circumstances.