§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now undertake a comprehensive review of nurses' salaries and conditions of service with a view to making the nursing profession competitive in terms of salaries and conditions of service and to maintaining an adequate supply of recruits to the profession.
§ Mr. CrossmanI have no doubt that the Nurses and Midwives Whitley Council, which has the prime responsibility for nurses' pay and conditions of service, has these considerations well in mind. The National Board for Prices and Incomes, which carried out a comprehensive review in 1967–68, recommended that the settlement which followed should stand until 31st March, 1970.