§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has met European Commission officials to discuss amendments to Decision 94/474; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 25 November 1994]: On 12 October the Scientific Veterinary Committee reviewed the six-year rule applying to the export of meat from young cattle and agreed that it should be removed. We are now pressing the Commission to bring forward a decision on this quickly.
Main specialties Establishment Number in post All specialties 473 (455) 424 Accident and emergency 11 (10) 7 Anaesthetics 55 (50) 51 Clinical laboratory specialties 54 (60) 59 Medical specialties 125 (117) 108 Obstetrics and gynaecology 24 (24) 23 Occupational health 2 (2) 1 Psychiatric specialties 71 (68) 61 Radiology 31 (30) 28 Surgical specialties 99 (93) 86 Other specialties 1 (1) 0 The 1993 establishment of hospital medical posts is given in brackets.
The establishment of public health medicine which covers both the senior registrar and the registrar grades is 33 posts. At 30 September 1993, there were 34 doctors in the two grades.
No senior registrar posts were reported as having been vacant for six months or more in the year ended 30 September 1993. Information is not collected centrally on posts vacant for less than six months.