§ Mr. CLUSEasked the Minister of Health whether his consent has been sought and obtained to the terms of the recent advertisement issued by the Islington Borough Council for a fully qualified whole-time sanitary inspector at a salary of £240 per annum rising by increments of £10 to a maximum of £370 per annum; whether he is aware that the salary offered is considerably below the scale recommended by the London District Whitley Council; that the salaries paid to the sanitary inspectors in the service of the Islington Borough Council are the lowest in London; and that there have been continual changes in the staff of the sanitary inspectors in Islington principaly due to the low salary paid; and whether he will make representations to the local authority as to the advantage of paying a salary more in harmony with the recommendations of the London District Whitley Council?
§ Miss LAWRENCEThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative, and to the second part in the affirmative. My right hon. Friend is aware that the salaries paid by this council to sanitary inspectors are lower than in other Metropolitan boroughs, but he has no information as to the fourth part of the question. My right hon. Friend will consider whether the case is one in which he can properly make any recommendation to the local authority.