HC Deb 23 February 1948 vol 447 cc307-8W
Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre

asked the Minister of Health (1) if he is satisfied with the number of Pricing Bureaux;

(2) if he is aware of the increasing delay in payments of National Health Insurance by Pricing Bureaux to chemists, and what action he proposes to take to obviate these delays.

Mr. Bevan

I am aware that some Pricing Bureaux are in arrears with their work owing to shortage of staff and I am proposing arrangements for expediting payment which are being discussed locally with representatives of the chemists.