§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if a committee established under sections 3, 4 (1)(a) and 17 of the NHS Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990 No. 2024) prior to the establishment of a remuneration committee has powers(a) to appoint a chief executive and (b) to agree the terms and conditions of employment of the chief executive. [30931]
§ Mr. Win Griffiths[pursuant to his reply, 23 February 1998, c. 71]: I would like to correct the position. Regulations 3, 4(1)(a) and 17 of the NHS Trusts (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990 provide for a committee, comprised of the Chairman and Non-Executive Directors of a trust, whose function is to appoint the Chief Officer of a trust as a director of the trust. Regulation 17 does not confer on the committee the function of agreeing the terms and conditions of the Chief Executive. Paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 confers powers upon a trust to employ staff on such terms as the trust thinks fit.