§ Sir PHILIP MAGNUSasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he wall take steps to secure that a medical practitioner who is struck off the panel by decision, after inquiry, of the Commissioners shall have the right of appeal to a Court of law?
§ Mr. MASTERMANNo, Sir. Any s decision of the Commissioners must be arrived at after due inquiry in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Medical Benefit Regulations, but the matter to be inquired into is of an administrative nature, namely, whether the continuance on the list would be prejudicial to the efficiency of the service. Section 15 (2) (b) of the Act represents the deliberate decision of Parliament, which I have no power to reverse, that in any questions arising in this connection an appeal to a Court of Law would not be possible, or if possible, would not be advantageous to the profession or the practitioner concerned. Questions of a professional nature affecting the status of the doctor as a registered medical practitioner will remain, as hitherto, in the province of the General Medical Council.