§ Mr. Bodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list those countries in Europe that have repealed legislation that either permitted or required public water supplies for human consumption to be fluoridated.
§ Mr. MoyleI assume that, as in his other Questions on this subject, the hon. Member is referring to the position in EEC countries. In no EEC country has such legislation been repealed. In the information I gave him in my reply on 22nd May, I mentioned one EEC country, 545W The Netherlands, where fluoridation has had to cease because of a legal decision on a technicality.—[Vol. 950, c. 391.]
§ Mr. Bodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list the member States of the EEC that have introduced legislation requiring all public water supplies for human consumption to be fluoridated, giving the date when the legislation was introduced.
§ Mr. MoyleThe Republic of Ireland passed the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960 on 28th December 1960, requiring piped water supplies to be fluoridated. On 3rd July 1964, the Republic's Supreme Court dismissed an appeal against a decision of the High Court that the Act was constitutional.