§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will review the position whereby trades union members representing health workers are disqualified from serving on the new health authorities.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThere are no plans to review the Health Authority Regulations: there is nothing to prevent a member of a health service union, who does not hold a paid appointment or office with that trade union, from serving as a non-executive member of a health authority.