§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will establish an inter-departmental committee, similar to the one set up in 1939, to investigate and bring up to date the facts on abortion, in view of the increasing evidence of a public desire to modernise and liberalise the law in this field.
§ Sir F. SoskiceI am not satisfied that a further inquiry into the facts would be useful.