§ 30. Mr. Peter M. Jacksonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to receive the report undertaken by the Social Survey Department into the provision and adequacy of existing family planning services.
§ Mr. CrossmanI have nothing yet to add to my Reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Bebington (Mr. Brooks) on 14th July.—[Vol. 787, c. 20.]
§ Mr. JacksonI am not familiar with the terms of that reply, but am I right in thinking that my right hon. Friend will have the report some time next year? Moreover, may I press him to give the House an assurance that he will not wait for publication of the report before he begins to press the various authorities throughout the country which are not yet providing an adequate service?
§ Mr. CrossmanI can certainly give the assurance asked for in the second part of that question, because I am pressing the authorities already and I am not at all content that they are doing all they can even with their limited resources. The survey will be a big and thorough one. The Government's Social Survey hopes shortly to embark on a pilot survey, and the big survey will commerce next year. We should be getting results finalised and tabulated by the end of the year.