§ 11. Mr. Blenkinsopasked the Minister of Health whether he will make a statement regarding the requirement of sanitary inspectors in view of the difficulties being experienced by many local authorities.
§ Miss Hornsby-SmithRevised proposals on the recruitment, training and qualification of sanitary inspectors were circulated on 23rd May, 1955, to the bodies concerned. My right hon. Friend cannot make any useful further statement until their views have been received.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopWill the Minister bring to the notice of local authorities the anxiety of the Ministry about this matter, in view of the very serious position in which some local authorities find themselves when they cannot recruit sufficient sanitary inspectors to get on with the ordinary work which they are required to do by law?
§ Miss Hornsby-SmithThere is very little evidence of a general inability to discharge statutory functions as a result of the shortage of sanitary inspectors, but I think that all parties concerned are most anxious to reach a solution in regard 249 to the new proposals. There is certainly no delay on our part in trying to expedite the negotiations.