HC Deb 13 January 1992 vol 201 cc478-9W
Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 5 November,Official Report, column 50, what pilot studies his Department is doing to test the feasibility of the proposals for the confidential inquiries into stillbirths and deaths in infancy set out in the report published on 2 July 1991; and whether the results of the pilot studies will be ready in time to be taken into account in finalising plans for the inquiries themselves.

Mr. Hanley

A national advisory body, on which Northern Ireland will be represented, is to be established to guide and oversee the confidential inquiry into stillbirths and deaths in infancy. There are no plans for pilot studies to be undertaken in Northern Ireland.