§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in view of the recommendation of the General Whitley Council to hospitals to set up joint consultative committees, he will instruct hospital boards to proceed with the formation of such committees; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RossI regard the establishment of joint consultative committees as a matter for local discussion in the light of the recommendations of the General Whitley Council rather than for general direction.
44WI am not in a position to say how many of the remaining complaints were confirmed but I would refer my hon. Friend to the details contained in paragraphs 91 and 109, respectively, of the Reports of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland for 1966 and 1967; the Report for 1968 has not yet been published. I regret that information about the total number of man-hours involved in investigating these complaints is not available.