§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the Denbighshire Insurance Committee are deducting 1½d. per insured person per 2064W quarter from the capitation fees paid to panel practitioners, and that such deduction is being made against the wishes of the majority of panel practitioners in the county after the vote had been taken by two methods, at a meeting of county panel practitioners and after a postcard vote had been taken at the special request of the committee, this being also followed by the presentation of two petitions objecting to the deduction, one being from Wrexham and district and the other from Colwyn Bay; and what steps the Treasury intends taking to protect medical practitioners ore the panel who are prepared to carry out their duties according to the arrangements made for them by the Commissioners?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe Welsh Insurance Commissioners have not sanctioned the deduction referred to, and, as a result of complaints received from certain medical practitioners on the panel, they are making inquiry into the matter.