§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will introduce legislation to make it incumbent upon a local authority to co-opt on to its social service committee a representative of the 195W voluntary organisations concerned with the welfare of the disabled.
§ Mr. Graham PageI have been asked to reply. No. as my right hon. Friend indicated, in reply to a Question from my hon. Friend the Member for Oxford (Mr. Woodhouse) on 26th January, local authorities are themselves competent to settle the final composition of committees dealing with matters in which the chronically sick or disabled have an interest.—[Vol. 829, c.436.]