§ Mr. D. GRAHAMasked the Minister of Pensions the names of the doctors employed by his Department in Glasgow; and whether any instructions have been given to them to refuse to give their names to men who have been summoned for examination by a medical board?
§ Mr. F. O. ROBERTSThree whole-time medical officers are employed by my Department in Glasgow, namely, Drs. Richardson, Ross and Leslie Lyall. In addition some 17 medical practitioners, who are in private practice, are on occasion and from time to time employed as medical officers by the Department. With regard to the last part of the question, medical men discharging duties as members of a medical board or otherwise on behalf of the Ministry are acting in an official, not private, capacity, and as such their names are, under standing instructions of the Ministry, not liable to be disclosed. Any other course would clearly be contrary both to the interests of impartial administration as well as to those of the medical profession, and would not be of any advantage to pensioners or claimants.