§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he intends to take towards the application of the Bullock majority proposals to the Health Service; and if he intends to propose appointment of doctors to the administration of the Health Service in the same proportion as proposed by Bullock for worker directors on company boards.
§ Mr. MoyleThe terms of reference of the Bullock Committee were confined to companies. As my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Trade said in his statement on 26th January—[Vol. 924, c. 1495]—the Government have put in hand and are continuing a series of studies, in consultation with the appropriate unions and management, into the scope for the extension of participation in the public services within the accepted principles which govern the operations of elected bodies. It would be premature, at this stage, for me to cquipegat on the outcome of these studies.