Sir William Cheyne: I wish, in the first instance, to congratulate the President of the Local Government Board on bringing in this Bill, which I believe, when it is suitably amended, will provide a fair basis for the erection of a great organisation. I do not propose to say much to-night, because now, fortunately, we have in the House a number of medical men who have practised in different branches of the...
Sir William Cheyne: 10. asked the Secretary of State for War, whether he has given personal consideration to the claim of medical men who, without holding commissions in the Army, have been and are engaged under the War office in service in Army hospitals to the special service rate of Income Tax; whether that claim is to be conceded; and,if not, on what specific ground is it refused?
Sir William Cheyne: Will the Government pay the reasonable costs of a test case?