§ 47. Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from Scottish general practitioners about the changes to seniority payments.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythA number of the letters which have been received from general practitioners referred to the proposal to replace seniority allowances and redistribute the released income through other payments. At the meeting on 4 May with the profession's negotiators it was agreed that seniority payments would be retained but reduced by the value of the new postgraduate education allowance.