HC Deb 04 April 1979 vol 965 c1357

Lords amendment: No. 23, in page 32, line 14, column 3, at the end insert "Schedules 1 and 4".

Mr. Moyle

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Dr. Vaughan

Hon. Members on both sides will have received representations in the last few days from the Central Midwives Board, the Health Visitors Association and the Council for the Education and Training of Health Visitors. Those bodies still have some reservations about the Bill. Our earnest hope is that once the Bill is passed it will be developed to the advantage of all three professions.

Mr. Robin Corbett (Hemel Hempstead)

I apologise for arriving late. I have received representations. All the professions will be given through this machinery the chance to come together in a structure which gives them a better and larger say in their future. It is new ground and we are sensitive to that.

The professions have been too disparate in the past, and the change is bound to cause fear and nervousness. We all hope that the professions will make good use of the Bill.

Question put and agreed to.

Lords amendment No. 24 agreed to.