§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many abortions without sterilisation were performed in Scotland by vacuum aspiration or by dilatation and curettage up to 12 weeks' gestation for each of the years 1968, 1969 and 1970; and of this number, how many deaths were attributed to the operation and how many to other causes; and how many were in association with haemorrhage, sepsis and other complications.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe information is as follows:
(2) if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the total sum of money attributable to interest payments shown in the housing accounts of the small burghs for the years 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70 and 1970–71.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe information is as follows:
sation were 1,425 and 3,829 respectively. There were no deaths connected with abortion under the Abortion Act.—[Vol. 819, c. 96.]