§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he is satisfied with the way in which the recommendations of the Sir Noel Hall Committee in respect of the hospital pharmaceutical service have been implemented in Wales, and that career and salary standards in the service are comparable in Wales with those found in the rest of Great Britain.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasProposals for implementing the Noel Hall Committee recommendations are under consideration by the Welsh Hospital Board. I await its recommendations which will be considered in the light of the advice of the470W Staff Advisory Committee on the filling of posts at this stage of the reorganisation of the health service. Salary scales are negotiated by the appropriate Whitley Council for Great Britain, and there is no reason to expect career and salary prospects in Wales to be different from those in comparable circumstances elsewhere in the National Health Service.