§ Mr. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what studies are being undertaken by his Department into the possibility of introducing a national scheme to assist elderly people and people living alone to obtain assistance in emergency.
§ Sir K. JosephResearch studies have been instituted by the National Corporation for the Care of Old People designed to test the technical design and reliability of emergency warning devices and examine ways and means of organising the most effective response to an alarm call, and I await the results with interest.