§ Mr. Tilneyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans he has, especially in development areas, for increasing apprenticeships in various trades needed in the hospital service.
§ Mr. AlisonMy right hon. Friend will continue to encourage hospital authorities to increase their intake of apprentices and trainees in appropriate fields, in particular apprentice engineering craftsmen and electricians and trainee cooks. He is also asking his Advisory Committee on Ancillary Staff Training to consider some proposals which have been put to him for a broad-entry training scheme to prepare school-leavers for a range of ancillary tasks.