§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the Property Services Agency's proposal to allow absence from work to its staff to attend talks and fitness checks provided by BUPA.
§ Sir George YoungThe PSA has, as an experiment, arranged for BUPA to provide free on-site talks on health education for staff in Greater London and at Chessington. Staff were allowed to attend the talks and to undergo any subsequent screening, whether with BUPA, any other private scheme or the NHS during working hours: that is consonant with our normal practice in regard to medical appointments.