HC Deb 20 January 1997 vol 288 c490W
Miss Emma Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultations he has had with the Department for Education and Employment on the matter of pay parity between clinical and academic medicine. [10839]

Mr. Malone

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Employment have discussed this issue. We fully support the arrangements announced by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment to enable pay parity to be maintained between clinical academics and their counterparts in the national health service.

Miss Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultations he has had with the Treasury on the matter of pay parity between clinical and academic medicine. [10838]

Mr. Malone

None.