§ Mr. David Howellasked the Minister of Health whether personnel employed by dispensing chemists to provide prescriptions under the National Health Service are to be excepted from the Selective Employment Tax.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonNo. Payments to chemists for dispensing National Health Service prescriptions are, however, designed to cover all the costs attributable to such work. An inquiry into these costs is currently in progress and the 59W effects of the new tax will be taken into account with other factors in deciding whether any adjustment in remuneration is called for.