§ 49. Mr. Awberyasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that, at the Whitley Council for the Health Service Professional and Technical Council held on 16th January, an instruction was sent from his Department that no agreement should be reached at the present time; that this intervention is considered by the union to be an interference with the principle of freedom of this negotiating machinery; and if he will give instructions that no such instructions shall be given in the future.
§ Mr. PowellI asked the management side to seek a deferment pending further guidance to my representatives. I do not accept that this interferes with any principle.