§ Mr. Grovesasked the Minister of Health the names of the members of the subcommittee of the Central Medical War Committee, which is dealing with the matters referred to the committee; how often the sub-committee has met for the 12 months ended the 30th November, 1941; the attendances of each member of the sub-committee during this period; and the attendances of each of the observers of the Government Departments?
§ Mr. E. BrownI assume that my hon. Friend is referring to the services committee, which the Central Medical War Committee has authorised to deal with questions affecting the recruitment of individual medical practitioners to His Majesty's Forces and other cognate matters. This Committee has met 17 times in the 12 months ended the 30th November last. The names of those who have been members for the whole or part of this period and the number of their 1831W attendances, as well as those of the observers for Government Departments, are as follow: —
Names of Members No. of Actual Attendances Possible Sir Alfred Webb-Johnson 9 12 Sir Girling Ball 15 17 Dr. J. A. Brown 11 12 Dr. A. E. Clark-Kennedy — 5 Dr. H. Guy Dain — 5 Dr. R. O. Eades 11 12 Sir Francis Fremantle, M.P. 15 17 Dr. F. Gray 12 12 Dr. D. G. Greenfield 6 17 Dr. E. A. Gregg 11 17 Dr. G. Lilico 16 17 Dr. Peter Macdonald 15 17 Dr. J. C. Matthews 13 13 Dr. C. Newman 8 12 Prof. R. M. F. Picken 12 17 Col. A. H. Proctor 12 17 Prof. W. Fletcher Shaw — 5 Mr. H. S. Souttar 12 17 Sir Charles Wilson 2 5 Dr. S. A. Winstanley 7 12 Chairman until succeeded by Sir Girling Ball.
Observers for Government Departments. Admiralty … 10 17 War Office … 10 17 Air Ministry … 9 17 Ministry of Health … 17 17 Ministry of Pensions … 10 10