81. Miss Wardasked the Minister of Health if he will take steps to ensure that the restrictive practice proposals of the Health Executive Council, which has ruled that male doctors only can take over male practices and female doctors female practices, will not be permitted under the National Health Service.
§ Miss Hornsby-SmithMy hon. Friend may have been misled by a report of the advice said to have been given by the London Local Medical Committee to the London Executive Council. I have ascertained that in fact this advice was broadly in the sense she desires.