§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the report of the National Joint Committee of the Medical and Pharmaceutical Professions on the Dispensing of National Health Service Prescriptions in Rural Areas.
§ Mr. MoyleI understand that the Committee, whose Chairman is Mr. C. M.
August 1977 June 1976 Unfilled vacancies in manufacturing industries Employees, employed and unemployed At Employment Offices At Careers Offices South-East … … … … 22,459 2,574 7,555,000 East Anglia … … … … 1,864 199 703,000 South-West … … … 2,716 332 1,611,000 West Midlands … … … 5,047 1,551 2,313,000 East Midlands … … … 4,397 610 1,571,000 Yorkshire and Humberside 4,365 984 2,083,000 North-West … … … 4,735 525 2,837,000 North … … … … 3,213 247 1,359,000 Wales … … … … 1,795 152 1,069,000 Scotland … … … … 4,948 363 2,215,000 Northern Ireland … … … 801 198 546,000 The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies.
864WClothier, QC, has presented its report to the national representative bodies of the two professions. I fully recognise the difficulty of the task laid upon the chairman and members of this Committee, and I await with great interest any recommendations which the professions may jointly put to me as a result of its work.