§ 37. Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Lord President of the Council if he will make a statement about the co-ordination and progress of work on population policy since the report from the Select Committee on Science and Technology was published.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe task of ensuring that prospective population trends are adequately taken account of in formulating Government policy is being co-128W ordinated centrally by the Cabinet Office machinery. The work now in hand is entirely in accordance with the recommendations of the Select Committee. I expect to be able to announce very shortly the membership of the Population Panel which the Government is setting up in response to the Select Committee's Report.