§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will seek to reduce the level of payments to appliance contractors to be the same as for pharmacists dispensing the same prescription; and what estimate she has made of the saving which would result.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThere are no plans to reduce the level of payments to appliance contractors. We shall consider the structure of payments in the light of changes we are making to pharmacists' remuneration.