§ 5. Mrs. Mannasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how often different codes for scales of payment have been issued to officers serving under the National Assistance Board; and what effect this coding has had on the scales payable by the Board.
§ Mr. PeakeI regret that I do not know to what the hon. Lady's Question relates. Whenever changes are made in the Assistance Regulations, the Board's officers are, of course, instructed to give effect to them.
§ 6. Mrs. Mannasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what amount was paid in hardship allowances to those on National Assistance during 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954, respectively.
SILICOSIS MEDICAL BOARD (PNEUMOCONIOSIS MEDICAL PANELS)* The following doctors are engaged full-time† as members of the Swansea panel: Names Qualifications Length of medical experience MACNAIR, Robert Alistair Cunninghame M.B., Ch.B. (Edinburgh) Qualified, 1922. Member of Silicosis Medical Board, 1947. 10 years previous special experience of chest work with local authorities and in hospitals. PRICE, Frederick Noel Ritchie M.B., Ch.B. (Edinburgh) Qualified, 1923. Member of Silicosis Medical Board, 1931. Five years previous special experience of chest work in hospitals. MCGORRY, Henry Desmond M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Dublin), D.P.H. Qualified, 1934. Member of Silicosis Medical Board, 1955. 10 years previous special experience of chest work in hospitals. HUTCHINSON, James Edmunds MacDonald M.B., B.S. (Durham) Qualified, 1949.Member of Silicosis Medical Board, 1954. Three years previous special experience of chest work in hospitals. * Members of the Silicosis Medical Board became members of the Pneumoconiosis Medical Panel when the Industrial Injuries Act, 1946, came into operation on 5th July, 1948. † Some additional help is given by members of other panels and by part-time members.