§ Dr. Stuttafordasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he hopes to reply to the request for arbitration in the matter of the dispute between the medical profession and his Department on the question of compensation for doctors who are at special risk because of their National Health Service duties.
§ Sir K. JosephI would refer my hon. Friend to my reply and to the reply my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Employment gave on this subject to the hon. Member for Willesden, West (Mr. Pavitt) on 6th February.—[Vol. 850, c.89–90; Vol. 850, c. 65–66.] I am considering the profession's request that I should join it in asking that the matter should be referred to arbitration.