§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Minister of Health, in connection with the freedom of choice of approved society, if he will state the approximate total membership of the few approved societies which have agreed not to accept applications for transfer from members of certain other societies, the group of societies to which they mainly belong, and the approximate percentage such membership bears to the total membership of approved societies?
§ Sir K. WoodApproved Societies entering into arrangements of the kind referred to by the hon. Member are not required to notify such arrangements to my De-564W partment, and do not in fact do so. I am not therefore in possession of the information asked for in the question.