Captain Shawasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the salary committee dealing with the pay and conditions of mental nurses in Scotland have completed their Report; when it will be published; and will he give an assurance that he will do his utmost to see that the pay and conditions of Scottish mental nurses are not inferior to those enjoyed by English mental nurses.
Mr. JohnstonI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for East Fife (Mr. Henderson Stewart) on 23rd January. I am sending him a copy of that reply to which I am at present unable to add anything.