Report on the Beveridge proposals
1943-01-19 1943 1940s 20 pages 6. should continue on the present basis. The Committee feels that consideration should be given to the possibility of abolishing the flat rate of so much per child and replacing it by a percentage allowance of the parents' income up to, say, £1,500 a...
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6. should continue on the present basis. The Committee feels that consideration should be given to the possibility of abolishing the flat rate of so much per child and replacing it by a percentage allowance of the parents' income up to, say, £1,500 a year, with adjustments in taxation so made that each income group contributes towards the burden of parents within that group. Note: Sir Herbert Williams and Dr. Saxton dissent from this paragraph as they are not satisfied that the advantages of Children's Allowances are not outweighed by the disadvantages. Health Services. 8. With regard to Assumption (B), we accept the proposal that there should be a comprehensive health and rehabilitation service available to all citizens. The problems involved in this are so vast that it is impossible for us to express a considered opinion upon them without much further information than is available to us. We understand that this matter is being studied by the Health Departments, as well as by the British Medical Association, and that various plans are in course of preparation. The majority of the Committee feel that all members of the community should be able to join such a scheme but that contributions to it should only be obligatory on those with incomes below a certain level. Some members of the Committee, however, hold the view that all citizens should be compelled to contribute. It was agreed that on no account should steps be taken which would involve the complete obliteration of private practice or of independent voluntary hospitals, and if the preservation of private practice - which the Committee considers essential in the interests of medical science as well as desirable in itself - can only be maintained by leaving those above a certain income level outside the scope of the scheme, the Committee would accept that position. Unless freedom is to be impaired, citizens must be allowed to choose and remunerate medical attendants outside the Scheme as they wish. We are also very appreciative of the system of voluntary hospitals and of the voluntary contributory system which sustains them.
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