§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister of Health, how many operations for sterilisation of women have been performed during a recent stated period; how many of these operations were recorded as failures due to the surgical procedure; and, in view of the fact that failure is a well-recognised hazard of sterilisation, if he will take steps to publicise this fact and to advise women of the large number of failures that occur.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThere is no recent record of the total number of operations, and none of the number of failures. The risk of failure is well recognised but there is no reason to believe that the number of failures is large, and I see no reason for special publicity.