“…We are of opinion that the proposals put forward by the National Insurance organisations, in their Bill for the Establishment of a Ministry of Health, do not conform to the public interest, seeing that— (1) They complicate local machinery by multiplying authorities. (2) They allow Maternity and Infancy work to be entrusted to Insurance Committees, which have neither the machinery to deal with it, nor the confidence of married women — who have no voice in their control. (3) They perpetuate the system of representation of "interests" in the Central Authority, thus opening the door to the dominating influence of the Life Insurance Companies. …”

“…We are of opinion that the proposals put forward by the National Insurance organisations, in their Bill for the Establishment of a Ministry of Health, do not conform to the public interest, seeing that— (1) They complicate local machinery by multiplying authorities. (2) They allow Maternity and Infancy work to be entrusted to Insurance Committees, which have neither the machinery to deal with it, nor the confidence of married women — who have no voice in their control. (3) They perpetuate the system of representation of "interests" in the Central Authority, thus opening the door to the dominating influence of the Life Insurance Companies. …”