§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will amend his circular to local authorities which proposes that parental permission should be required before family planning advice is made available to an unmarried daughter, in order to make it consistent with the Family Planning Act, 1967, which lays down that such advice should be available to any person.
§ Mr. EnnalsThe hon. Member appears to be under some misapprehension. I am not aware of any inconsistency between the terms of the Act and the 233W advice given to local authorities on this point in the circular he mentions.
§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many women are attending Family Planning Association Clinics; and how many are attending local authority clinics.
§ Mr. EnnalsI understand that in 1967 in Great Britain 454,356 women were attending Family Planning Association Clinics, many of which were providing a service as agents for local health authorities. Similar statistics are not centrally available for local authorities' own clinics.