§ 62. Mr. W. Griffithsasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that hospital management committees in the Manchester region are refusing to allow employees to have unpaid leave to serve on local authorities; and whether he will issue instructions that sympathetic consideration should be given to such applications.
§ Mr. BraineI am aware of a case where the employee concerned has been granted nine days special leave without pay in accordance with a Whitley Council agreement but not the further special leave without pay which may he granted at the employing authority's discretion. This is a matter for the employing authority to decide.