§ Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will investigate the circumstances under which charter flights are being organised to bring in passengers from the Continent for abortions; and if he can identify the clinics participating in this traffic.
§ Sir K. JosephGiving abortions to women from abroad is not illegal as such170W but if the arrangements implied that insufficient regard was being paid to the criteria for legal abortions and there was evidence linking an approved clinic with those arrangements, I would consider withdrawing the approval.