§ Lord HOUGHTON of SOWERBYMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action the Director of Public Prosecutions has decided upon arising from the allegations of criminal actions in the book Babies for Burning.
§ Lord WELLS-PESTELLMy Lords, the Director of Public Prosecutions has decided that the evidence is not sufficient to justify proceedings against any person arising from the allegations of criminal actions in the book, Babies for Burning.
§ Lord HOUGHTON of SOWERBYMy Lords, is my noble friend aware that the reply he has just given adds to the mounting evidence of the unrealiability of this book? Is he aware that two doctors who were named in this book, and who were reported by the authors to the General Medical Council, have both been cleared by that body as having no case to answer? Will my noble friend kindly advise his colleagues in the Government that this book should he put aside as a respectable and reliable index to the truth of events?
§ Lord WELLS-PESTELLMy Lords, I will take note of what my noble friend has said, and will see that my right honourable friend is acquainted with his comments and observations. I have answered the Question in relation to the 1655 action of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and I do not think it would be proper for me to go beyond that.