§ Sir C. COBBasked the Minister of Health, whether it has been found in practice that the duty imposed under 933W Section of the Local Education Authorities (Medical Treatment) Act, 1909, of recovering a charge for treatment deters parents from obtaining such treatment for their children; whether in certain areas the Act has become a dead-letter; whether, in view of this fact, it is the intention to amend or repeal the Act; and, if it is not the intention to amend or repeal the Act at an early date, what action should be taken by an authority which is anxious to comply with the Section, but finds that the making of any charge which will justify the cost of collection has a tendency to deter parents from obtaining the necessary treatment for their children?
§ Dr. ADDISONI have received no representations of the nature referred to in the first part of the question; in any case, any Amendment affecting the principle of the Act could only properly be considered in close connection with the general question of the organisation of public health services, on which, as I have before indicated, I am not yet in a position to make any statement.