§ LORD AVEBURYasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many illegitimate births were recorded in each of the years 1967 to 1971 inclusive.
§ LORD ABERDAREThe Registrar General's Quarterly Returns show the numbers of illegitimate birth occurrences in England and Wales in the years 1967 to 1970, which together with the provisional figure for 1971 were as follows:
1967 69,928 1968 69,806 1969 67,041 1970 64,744 1971 (provisional) 65,000