§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services in view of the fact that trained nurses within the National Health Service are being offered salaries of at least £3,700 per annum for a five-day week, with double pay on public holidays, by representatives from American hospitals, if he will take steps to review the salaries of nurses with a view to discouraging a loss of nurses from the National Health Service to the United States of America.
§ Sir K. JosephNo. Nurses' salaries are a matter for the Whitley Council, and revised scales of pay were introduced as recently as 1st April, 1971.