To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library copies of her correspondence with the chairman of the Pharmaceutical Services National Committee concerning the modification or withdrawal of proposals for changes in the remuneration for pharmacists.

Yes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the outcome of her meeting with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee on Tuesday 15 June.

The Department had a short, constructive meeting about the longer-term arrangements for pharmacists' remuneration and the elements of the settlement for 1993–94. Another formal meeting has been arranged for next month, with less formal joint working in the meantime to develop options further.