§ 31. Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will reconsider his decision not to provide a short-stay maternity unit at the Passmore Edwards Hospital, Liskeard.
§ Mr. AlisonNo, Sir. I agree with the regional hospital board that it is impracticable to provide such a unit for the reasons I gave in reply to my hon. Friend's Question on 3rd August and in subsequent correspondence.—[Vol. 822, c. 1315–16.]