§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he is satisfied with the availability of female sterilisation by tubal ligation and male vasectomy through the National Health Service.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe Department in its Guidance on Family Planning, issued in 1974 (HSC(IS)32), has drawn to health authorities' attention the need to provide sterilisation and vasectomy services and commended various ways of meeting demand including the possibility of agency arrangements with the private sector. However, it is for individual health authorities to determine the resources that are devoted to these services in the light of local circumstances and priorities.