§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average waiting time in the Newport and East Monmouthshire, North Monmouthshire and Merthyr and Aberdare Hospital Management Committee groups, respectively, 190W for sterilisation by vasectomy operation under the National Health Service.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe numbers awaiting such operations in the three areas mentioned are 24, 7 and 11 respectively. It is not possible to give an average waiting time as this will depend on the length of individual consultants' lists for general surgery, and on the priority which must be accorded to other cases on these lists as well as to emergency cases.