Orders of the Day — NURSES (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 October 1949.

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Photo of Mr Arthur Woodburn Mr Arthur Woodburn , Clackmannan and Eastern 12:00, 20 October 1949

The purpose of the Secretary of State having nominees is to ensure that other representatives from the community are included. It is not merely a syndicalist organisation run solely by people engaged in the profession. The country has never accepted the syndicalist idea that people in a profession should have absolute control of it. The public are entitled to see that the public and other organisations representing their own interests are included in these bodies.

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