§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will pub-fish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the annual number of prosecutions in the last 20 years against doctors or other persons for performing abortion operations with criminal intent; and how many doctors were found guilty.
§ Mr. RossThe information is given in the following table:—
PERSONS PROCEEDED AGAINST FOR PROCURINC ABORTION SCOTLAND 1946–1965 Year All persons proceeded against Medical practitioners proceeded against Medical practitioners convicted 1946 14 1 1 1947 2 — — 1948 10 — — 1949 5 — — 1950 7 1 — 1951 2 — — 1952 6 1 1 1953 2 — — 1954 4 — — 1955 1 1 — 1956 3 — — 1957 Nil — — 1958 2 — — 1959 5 — — 1960 4 — — 1961 2 — — 1962 8 — — 1963 6 — — 1964 3 — — 1965 1 — — Total 87 4 2