§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will arrange for all children, unless their parents object, to be given B.C.G. innoculations against tuberculosis.
§ Mr. AlisonWe have conveyed to those concerned the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation in favour of B.C.G. vaccination for tuberculin-negative children between the 239W ages of 10 and 14. Tuberculin testing and vaccination are of course subject to parental consent.