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MINORITY REPORT.

of such a service should not, therefore, depend for its finance
entirely upon current contributions (para. 66).
(18) That medical benefit should be extended to include
attendance at confinement, and dental and ophthalmic advice
and treatment (para. 70).
(14) That medical benefit should be provided for the dependants
 of insured persons (para. 72).
(15) That the transfer to Local Authorities of the responsibility
 for the administration of medical benefit should be accompanied
 by some direct financial responsibility on the part of
those authorities (para. 80).
(16) That the cost of the present medical benefit in excess
of the sum of 9s. 6d. per insured person per annum, for which
permanent provision is made, should be borne by the Treasury
and Local Authorities as provided by Section 85 of the Act
(para. 81).
(17) That the cost of the extension of medical benefit by
the inclusion of a specialist and consultant service should also
be met under the provisions of Section 85 of the Act (para. 82).
(18) That the dental treatment to be included in medical
benefit might at the outset be restricted to such a partial service
as could be provided at a cost of £2} millions a year, and that
existing surpluses should be made available for the provision of
the service (para. 89).
(19) That the normal rates of sickness benefit should be
raised to 18s. a week for men and 15s. a week for women (para.
96).
(20) That benefit at the normal rate of sickness benefit should
be payable to an insured person so long as he remains incapable
of work (para. 101).
(21) That when an insured person is incapable of work
allowances in respect of his dependants should be provided at
the same rates as those under the Unemployment Insurance
Act (para. 102).
(22) That the high maternal death rate and the great amount
of sickness amongst mothers clearly prove the need of re-organisation
 and extension of the provision for maternity (para. 105).
(23) That the medical services during pregnancy and at confinement
 should be co-ordinated with the Maternity and Child
Welfare service under the Local Authorities (para. 109).
(24) That in addition to medical services during pregnancy
and at confinement there should be in the case of an uninsured
wife of an insured man a maternity benefit in the form of a
cash payment of 20s., and in the case of an insured woman
maintenance for the mother and child at a rate not less than that