§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, as in an example submitted to him, deputy council medical officers and deputy county borough medical officers of health commonly receive a salary of between £800 and £900 per annum whereas specialists under the Spens Committee Report receive a commencing salary of £1,500, linked to age 32 years, and whether he will grant the above officers 201W classification and remuneration as specialists when their status and qualifications are equivalent to those of officers recognised as specialists in other branches of the National Health Service.
§ Mr. BevanIt is not for me arbitrarily to determine these officers' salaries, but rather to encourage appropriate negotiating machinery for dealing with any proposals for revision.