§ Q14. Dame Irene Wardasked the Prime Minister by what authority he intervened with the National Whitley Council's consideration of nurses' pay; and whether he will undertake to review the machinery to ensure greater flexibility in negotiation and to obviate the fixing of a ceiling dictated without consideration of the merits of the case presented by the staff side.
§ The Prime MinisterI did not intervene, and I do not agree that the present machinery excludes consideration of the merits of a Staff Side claim.