§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he intends to make additional funding available to health authorities to develop neonatal intensive care facilities in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenThere are no plans at present to make additional funds available to the health and social services boards for this purpose. However the Government are committed to increasing the number of intensive baby-care cots in the Province to the level recommended in the report of the advisory committee on infant mortality and handicap in Northern Ireland as resources and priorities permit.