§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will stop payments of salary to NHS trust directors for a calendar month during which they fail to attend any scheduled meetings; [15869]
(2) what action he plans to take about NHS trust non-executive directors who claim the full salary while attending only a minority of meetings. [15860]
§ Mr. MaloneThere are no plans to make any change to the circumstances in which remuneration is payable to non-executive directors of national health service trusts.