§ Q6. Mr. Dalyellasked the Prime Minister what steps he is taking to coordinate the efforts of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for Education and Science, and the Secretary of State for Social Services to combat the increase of drugtaking among school pupils, and those between 15 and 18 years who have left school.
§ The Prime MinisterThere are standing arrangements to co-ordinate the work of the Departments concerned.
§ Mr. DalyellWhich Department has the final say in this matter?
§ The Prime MinisterIt would depend on the particular aspect of the matter with which one is dealing. It is surely important that the various Departments 316 should, in their work, co-ordinate their activities. The advisory and inter-Departmental machinery includes representatives of all the Departments, on similar lines to the steps announced by the previous Administration, which the hon. Gentleman supported.