§ Sir Nigel Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will devote more money to better ante-natal care, in order to alleviate suffering and to save money now spent on the care of brain-damaged children.
§ Mr. Moyle:The public expenditure White Paper published by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer shows an increase of £173 million in the planned expenditure on health and social services in 1979–80 over that planned for 1978–79, and I shall be encouraging health authorities to devote some of this money to improvements in ante-natal care.