§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to investigate race and sex discrimination in the selection of people applying for basic nurse training or in the promotion of nurses.
§ Mr. SackvilleResponsibility for selection of candidates for basic nurse training rests with the institutions where nurse training is undertaken.
National health service trusts and health authorities have been set specific goals in the Opportunity 2000 programme and the programme of action for ethnic minority staff in the NHS to promote equality of opportunity for women and ethnic minority staff in the NHS.