§ 101. Mr. Reevesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is now in a position to make a reply to the hon. Member for Greenwich on the high fees charged by medical practitioners for certificates required under the Cremation Acts, 1902 and 1952, in view of his statement of Thursday, 16th April, 1953, that he hoped to make a statement on this subject in the near future.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeThe British Medical Association have advised medical practitioners that a suitable fee for the completion of either Certificate B or Certificate C is two guineas plus a mileage allowance, where applicable, at the rate of 1s. per mile, or part of a mile, each way outside a radius of two miles. In view of this action I do not propose at present to make use of the power contained in the Cremation Act, 1952, to prescribe maximum fees.