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"The Committee resolved that before applying to the Commissioners,
the views of the various district committees should be ascertained;
the Committee had no option under the Act of Parliament but to set
up these District Committees, although when they did so they felt
that their action was premature. These views have turned out to
be correct, and it has been a matter of regret to the County Committee
that the District Committees in the area should have been
set up, and they sympathise with the views expressed by many of
these, that they have practically very few duties to perform.
Some of the duties delegated to the District Committees cannot be
performed by them, and the performance of other duties delegated
would create a large amount of duplication of work and considerable
additional expense. The General Purposes Sub-Committee
have therefore suggested these modifications with a view to
simplifying the procedure and leaving to the District Committees
only such work as the methods prescribed by the Commissioners
enable them to really carry out."
The Enfield Local Committee sent the following reply:—
"That this District Committee strongly disapproves the recommendation
of the General Purposes Committee of the County Committee
restricting the duties of District Committees, and urges that,
rather than curtail the duties, additional ones should be delegated.
It also strongly presses upon the County Committee the fact that
District Committees are in closer touch with insured persons in
their respective areas, and therefore consider they can work the
Act more efficiently in the interests of insured persons than the
County Committee."
The Edmonton Committee replied as follows:—
"The Edmonton District Insurance Committee entirely dissent from
the resolutions of the County Committee curtailing the duties of
of the District Committees, and are strongly of opinion that so
far from the advisability of lessening the functions of the District
Committees, it would be in the best interests of the insured were
the District Committees given additional duties and a larger scope
for the exercise of their judgment."
The Tottenham Insurance Committee replied as follows:—
"That the Tottenham District Insurance Committee strongly protests
against, and entirely disagrees with, the recommendations of the