HC Deb 14 May 1962 vol 659 c91W
29. Mr. Awbery

asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the unsatisfactory conditions under which hospital nurses are working and the long hours of work involved by day and night; and why he will not set up an inquiry into them.

Mr. Powell

Conditions are improving as the capital programme proceeds, and the great majority of nurses work the 88-hour fortnight. An inquiry would not help.