§ 39 and 40. Mr. Abseasked the Attorney-General (1) whether he is aware that the London Rubber Company, a manufacturer of contraceptives, and Mark Quin Associates, a public relations firm, agreed together to set up an orgainsation known as the Genetic Study Unit with the object of fraudulently inducing medical officers of health to act as patrons of a unit that would disseminate misleading information calculated to alarm women and dissuade them from using contraceptive pills; and whether he will direct the attention of the Director of Public Prosecutions to these activities with a view to his initiating a prosecution for criminal conspiracy;
(2) whether he is aware that the London Rubber Company, manufacturer of mechanical contraceptives, clandestinely created and endowed a unit known as the Genetic Study Unit with the object of disseminating to medical officers of health, Members of Parliament and women's institutes misleading and alarming propaganda concerning contraceptive pills; and whether he will direct the Director of Public Prosecutions to initiate criminal proceedings against the directors of the company for creating a public mischief.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have seen a Press report about the Genetic Study Unit. If my hon. friend has further information I shall be grateful if he will send it to me so that I can consider whether it provides evidence of the commission of a criminal offence which would warrant the institution of proceedings.