I beg to move, in page 69, line 5, to leave out "six," and to insert "seven."

Perhaps it may be for the convenience of the House if I discuss this Amendment and the two following Amendments in my name, together. The object of this Amendment is to meet a difficulty which has been experienced by the dental profession, which is feeling a little concerned about the position of some dental practitioners under the provision of this Schedule. There is provision in this Schedule for a panel from which an appropriate tribunal for each profession is to be drawn. It will be noticed that in the case of opticians two classes are provided for—the optician engaged in sight testing, and the optician engaged in dispensing. The Amendment seeks to provide for the representation of the two classes of dental practitioner.

At the moment, there is provision only for the dental practitioner who has, presumably, to be an L.D.S. There is a group of dental practitioners registered under the Dentists Act, 1921, and it is not an unreasonable claim that they make, that should one of their group of dentists have to go before a tribunal the professional representative, in that case, should be one of the dentists registered under the 1921 Act. The purpose of the Amendment is to give the Minister power to have two dental men to draw from—one an L.D.S., and the other a 1921 dentist.

I believe the argument against this will be that the 1921 dentists are a closed group, who will ultimately die out. If the Minister cared to press that to its logical conclusion he could say that the last of those men would be the only man on the tribunal waiting to judge himself, and that when he finally died he could no longer constitute a panel, because there would be no one to appoint. But I hope the right hon. Gentleman will not drive himself to that conclusion, because there are hundreds of these people in existence at the moment, and it will be many years before that position arises. May I also appeal to the right hon. Gentleman on another basis? This is the last Opposition Amendment on the Order Paper, and as, no doubt, he wishes to part with the Bill by leaving a sweet taste in the mouths of Members on this side of the House, perhaps he will accept the Amendment.