§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to respond to the letter dated 25 September 1987 from the assistant general secretary of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs asking him to meet a delegation of hon. Members to discuss the situation of medical laboratory scientific officers employed in the National Health Service.
§ Mrs. CurrieIt would have been inappropriate for Ministers to meet ASTMS during the recent pay negotiations. I understand that pay increases for 1987–88 were settled on 16 November 1987 and the management side agreed to put forward proposals for a comprehensive grade restructuring for medical laboratory scientific officers as soon as possible. As these points were the major agenda items it was unclear, in the absence of further correspondence whether the union wished to pursue their request for a meeting.