HC Deb 16 April 1959 vol 603 cc1137-8
45. Mrs. Butler

asked the Prime Minister when the Committee appointed by the Atomic Energy Authority to consider the need for training facilities in the whole field of radiological health and safety is expected to make its report.

The Prime Minister (Mr. Harold Macmillan)

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 14th April to the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Blyth (Mr. Robens).

Mrs. Butler

Can the Prime Minister say whether the Committee will be making an interim report on training for workers in public health services? Is he aware that an increasing number of medical officers feel that, however extensive the literature available, there is no substitute for a proper course of training to meet their problems and that such a course should now be available for themselves and for their staffs?

The Prime Minister

The terms of reference cover a very wide range of work and deal with a new and rapidly-developing subject. In the circumstances, I think that it is better to wait for the final Report.