§ 16. Miss Vickersasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the reason why dental surgery assistants have been recently classified and paid as unskilled workers in Her Majesty's Naval Barracks and the Royal Naval Hospital, Devonport.
§ Mr. T. G. D. GalbraithA mistake was made over the payment of a recent wage increase to some of our dental surgery assistants. The amount involved was 8d. per week. The mistake is being corrected, with full payment of arrears. Dental surgery assistants in the Royal Naval Hospitals were not affected.
§ Miss VickersWhile thanking my hon. Friend for that reply, may I ask whether this means that they will now be semiskilled and not unskilled workers, because it makes a lot of difference to their establishment in the future?
§ Mr. GalbraithYes, they are semiskilled workers.