§ 25. Mr. W. J. Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will take steps to enable the staffs employed at the Carstairs State Institution to defer exercising any options regarding pay and conditions until the Prison Officers' Association, of which many of them are members, have received a reply from the Ministry of Health to certain submissions made to that Department by deputation on 13th September in respect of the conditions of staffs employed at the Broad-moor Institution which are directly related to certain proposed revisions of pay and conditions of the staffs at Carstairs.
§ Mr. WoodburnAll but three of the 19 officers concerned have already indicated their willingness to accept a recent offer of pay and conditions based on those agreed by the appropriate Whitley18W Council for mental nurses in the Health Service. No time limit has been set for the formal exercise of any option, but circumstances at Carstairs are not parallel to those at Broadmoor and I see no reason for delay on account of the discussions to which the hon. Member refers.