§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set up a departmental inquiry into the doubling of the caesarean birth rate in the past 15 years, in view of its higher overall maternal mortality rate than vaginal delivery.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergNo. Each maternal death is fully investigated and findings are analysed in the Department's triennial "Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths".