Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 4 Rhagfyr 1973.
I reluctantly made a unilateral decision on salaries in the first place because of the exigencies of time. The Staff Commission has my entire confidence. I believe that it has published its answers to the comments made by NALGO.
I think that the hon. Lady slightly misstated the situation regarding people leaving the health service. Some officers in local authority health departments are not showing keen enthusiasm to join the new health service. That would be more accurate than the way the hon. Lady described the situation of National Health Service officers flowing to local government.