HC Deb 27 June 1940 vol 362 cc611-2W
Mr. Groves

asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to see that the practice whereby in many areas the local war emergency committees are using their positions to persuade members of the Medical Practitioners' Union to become members of another medical organisation to which they have no desire to belong, is put an end to?

Mr. M. MacDonald

I have no knowledge of the practice referred to.

Mr. Groves

asked the Minister of Health whether he will advise local authorities that medical officers of an age which makes them likely to be called upon for military service, and without practical experience of war wounds, should not he employed as deputy medical officers of health for air-raid precautions purposes or placed in charge of first-aid posts?

Mr. MacDonald

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a similar question which he asked on 30th November last.