HC Deb 16 February 1914 vol 58 cc594-5W
Mr. LOUGH

asked the composition and full terms of reference of the Committee which he has appointed to inquire into excessive sickness; whether the evidence taken by that Committee will be laid before Parliament, together with its report; and when is it expected that this information will be available?

Mr. BENN

The terms of reference of the Committee are to inquire into and report upon the alleged excessive claims upon and allowances by approved societies in England in respect of sickness benefit, and any special circumstances which may cause any such claims or allowances. The Committee as originally constituted, was as follows:—

Sir Claud Schuster, Insurance Commission.

Walter Davies, Esq., National Secretary of the Order of the Sons of Temperance; Chairman, Manchester Insurance Committee.

Adam Fulton, Esq., M.B.

Miss M. H. Frances Ivens, M.B.

Miss Mary McArthur, Secretary of the Women's Trade Union League.

William Mosses, Esq., Secretary of the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades of the United Kingdom. Secretary of the United Pattern Makers' Association (Approved Society.

James Pearse, Esq., M.D., M.B., Medical Officer of Health, Trowbridge Urban District Council.

Lauriston Elgie Shaw, Esq., M.D., M.B., F.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.

A. C. Thompson, Esq., President of the National Conference of Industrial Assurance Approved Societies.

A. H. Warren, Esq., J.P., President of the National Conference of Friendly Societies.

A. W. Watson, Esq., Chief Actuary, National Health Insurance Joint Committee.

J. S. Whitaker, Esq., M.R.C.S., Deputy-Chairman, Insurance Commission.

Miss Mona Wilson, Insurance Commission.

Walter P. Wright, Esq., Grand Master, Independent Order of Oddfellows (Manchester Unity).

On the 1st November, 1913, J. Burn, Esq., actuary, of the Prudential Approved Society, was appointed a member of the Committee during the unavoidable temporary absence of Mr. Thompson, and on the 4th February, 1914, T. M. Carter, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., was appointed a member of the Committee, in the room of Dr. Pearce, resigned.