HC Deb 22 December 1972 vol 848 cc505-6W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what consideration his Department has given to recent research, the details of which have been sent to him, into a connection between anencephaly and spina bifida and the consumption, during pregnancy, of potatoes exposed to blight; and if he will make a statement

Sir K. Joseph

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Petersfield (Miss Quennell) on 23rd October.—[Vol. 843, c.189–90.]

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