§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will refer to the Lane Committee of Inquiry into the working of the Abortion Act details of the recent case in which a 12-year-old Bradford girl made pregnant by a 13-year-old boy was refused an abortion by a consultant in the National Health Service, despite a recommendation by the family doctor.
§ Sir K. JosephI would expect the Committee, without reviewing clinical decisions in individual cases, to examine the extent to which there are differences in the application of the Act. I see no need to refer this particular case to them.