§ Sir PHILIP MAGNUSasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will 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 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 a decision of Parliament, which the Commissioners have no power to reverse. Questions of a professional 19W nature affecting the status of the doctor as a registered medical practitioner will remain, as hitherto, in the province of the General Medical Council.