§ Mr. Denvilleasked the Minister of Health who has arranged for four or five war emergency committees based on the British Medical Association divisions in the county of Kent, whether he is aware that these committees are controlled by a committee hitherto unknown, and now called the branch co-ordinating committee; what are the functions of this branch co-ordinating committee; is it this co-ordinating committee, or the War Emergency Committee which disburses the Government funds for the treatment of unaccompanied evacuated children; and is it proposed to make any change?
§ Mr. ElliotI understand that in a number of areas, including the county of Kent, the Central Medical War Committee have arranged for the appointment of co-ordinating committees for the purpose of co-ordinating the war services of the local medical war committees, and that the fund for the remuneration of practitioners for the treatment of unaccompanied evacuated children is administered through the co-ordinating committee so appointed in Kent. I see no reason for suggesting any modification of the arrangement.