§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will allocate funds to assist or encourage local authorities to establish clinics for the treatment of obese children.
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§ Mr. AlisonNo. It is established practice for local authority doctors working in local authority clinics to have particular regard to obesity in assessing a child's developmental progress and for arrangements to be made for treatment wherever necessary either through the general practitioner or hospital services.