§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many speech therapists there should be employed in Wales based on the Quirk Report recommendations of 1972; and how many are actually employed at present.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThe recommendation of the Quirk Report was that 2,500 full-time speech therapists should be accepted as a target for Great Britain as a whole by 1992. At 30th September 1976 the whole-time equivalent of 48 speech therapists were employed in Wales.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give an assurance that representations made by the Advisory Committee for the Speech Therapy Profession in Wales will be given full consideration when plans are drawn up for the improvement of speech therapy services in Wales.
§ Mr. Barry JonesI am confident that in drawing up plans for the improvement of services in their areas health authorities will take fully into account the representations made.