§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider proposing a system of inspection and licensing for summer camps catering for children of school age.
§ Dr. OwenI have been asked to reply.
I am sure my hon. Friend will accept that parents have a certain responsibility to satisfy themselves as to the standards of summer camps to which they let their children go. So far as any formal system of inspection or licensing is concerned, I doubt whether it would be appropriate to impose controls on every kind of camp, scout camps for example, but if my hon. Friend has a particular case or class of cases in mind, and if he will send me details, I shall of course consider them.