I am aware of the shortage of nurses in Scotland. The status and training of nurses will have to be reviewed in the light of the report which the Minister of Health and I expect to receive soon from the Working Party on Recruitment and Training of Nurses. The attractions of nursing as a career have been much improved recently as a result of the Scottish Nurses Salaries Committee's recommendations on remuneration and conditions of service, and employing authorities are fully alive to the need for improving working conditions, especially as regards hours of duty and residential accommodation. They are handicapped, however, by building and other difficulties.