§ Mr. NEWTONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, on the coming into operation of the National Insurance Act, the only name upon the panel of chemists for Dovercourt, Essex, was the name of a gentleman who is not a chemist; whether steps have yet been taken to remove from that panel the name of the gentleman in question; by whose authority was his name put upon the panel; whether he is aware that the inclusion on the panel of persons unable and unwilling to dispense is liable to be a source of danger to the public health, and by reason of the consequent delay in procuring the necessary drugs may be fraught with peril to insured persons; and what steps he proposes to take to save insured persons the worry and risk attendant upon taking their prescriptions to persons not in a position to dispense?
§ Mr. MASTERMANI am informed by the Essex Insurance Committee that the person referred to in the first part of the question is a qualified chemist. The other parts of the question do not therefore arise.