HC Deb 01 August 1963 vol 682 cc137-9W
Mr. Cordle

asked the Minister of Education whether it was with his authority that the principal medical officer to his Department made a statement on 29th July at Cambridge concerning pre-marital relations.

Sir R. Thompson

asked the Minister of Education whether the statement on pre-marital sexual promiscuity made by his principal medical officer in a speech at Selwyn College, Cambridge, on 29th July was made with his authority.

Sir C. Taylor

asked the Minister of Education whether the statement about sexual promiscuity made by the principal medical officer of his Department, Dr. Henderson, at Selwyn College, Cambridge, on 29th July, was made with his authority.

Sir C. Black

asked the Minister of Education whether the speech of the principal medical officer to the Ministry of Education, made in his official capacity at Cambridge on 29th July, 1963, was made with his authority.

Mr. A. Brown

asked the Minister of Education whether it was with his authority that the principal medical officer to his Department made a public speech at Cambridge on 29th July on the subject of pre-marital relationships.

Sir D. Glover

asked the Minister of Education if the speech by the principal medical officer to the Ministry of Education, at a conference on 29th July on health education at Cambridge, was made with his authority.

Mr. Bourne-Arton

asked the Minister of Education whether he authorised the speech of his principal school medical officer to a conference of teachers on 29th July, 1963, on the subject of fornication.

Mr. Matthews

asked the Minister of Education whether the speech of the principal medical officer to the Ministry of Education, made in his official capacity at Cambridge on 29th July, on the subject of pre-marital relations, was made with his authority.

Dr. King

asked the Minister of Education whether the speech of his principal medical officer to the Central Health Council at Cambridge on 29th July, on the subject of pre-marital sexual relations, was made with his authority.

Mr. Jennings

asked the Minister of Education whether the speech of the principal medical officer to the Ministry of Education, on 29th July, 1963, at Cambridge, on the subject of pre-marital relationships, was made with his authority.

Sir E. Boyle

At the close of a mainly factual address at a seminar on health education on 29th July my Principal Medical Officer said that promiscuity either before or during wedlock could not be condoned but drew a distinction between promiscuity and pre-marital relations between engaged couples. These statements expressed his personal view.

I am sending the hon. Members a copy of the relevant portion of the address.