§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the importance of improving the veterinary 142W services of this country, when it will be possible to bring the status of veterinary officers of his Department up to that of the medical profession in this country.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsIf the hon. and gal ant Member is thinking of salaries, the appropriate basis of comparison is not with the medical profession generally but with other civil servants in the professional and scientific classes. I am satisfied that the salaries recently fixed for my veterinary officers bear the proper relationship to those of other civil servants.