§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting held on 2 October 1987, attended by representatives of the trade associations for catering and domestic services contractors and by health board chairmen and general managers, referred to in paragraph 1 of the letter issued by the Scottish Home and Health Department to health board general managers under the signature of Hugh Morrision, dated December 1987.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe meeting on 2 October 1987, which I inaugurated, was a seminar of which no formal minutes were made. The subsequent discussion at the seminar was reported to me by my officials.
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which companies and health boards were represented, and by whom, at the meeting on 2 October 1987 attended by representatives of the trade associations for catering and domestic services contractors and by health board chairmen and general managers.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythAll Scottish health boards and the Common Services Agency were represented by their chairmen and general managers or other senior health board managers. Presentations were made by the trade associations representing the catering and domestic services sectors and by Grant Thorton Management Consultants.
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has as to who called the 665W meeting on 2 October 1987, attended by representatives of the trade associations for catering and domestic services contractors and by health board chairmen and general managers.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe seminar held on 2 October 1987 was organised by the Scottish Home and Health Department.