§ Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Health why the undertaking given to ambulance attendants and drivers that the inquiry into their pay and conditions of service would be finalised by April, 1967 has not been fulfilled.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe pay and conditions of service of local authority ambulance drivers and attendants are matters36W for the National Joint Council for Local Authorities' Services (Manual Workers). I assume that my hon. Friend has in mind an agreement of that Council last July to examine certain existing occupational classifications, including those relating to ambulance staff, to ascertain whether improvement within the grouping arrangement was merited. Shortly after this agreement was made the whole question of the pay and conditions of service of local authority manual workers was referred to the National Board for Prices and Incomes whose report is now being considered by the Council.