Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:

The advice given by the Government actuary to the Committee on National Expenditure, with regard to the matter referred to by the hon. Member, is contained in Appendix B to the First Report of that Committee (Cmd. 1581), page 139. The Government actuary gave further advice on the subject in his Report on the Financial Provisions of the National Health Insurance Act, 1922, with regard to which I would refer the hon. Member to the replies which I gave to him on the 18th and 23rd April.