§ 23. Dr. Stuttafordasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he wlil encourage women in their twenties to have cervical smears carried out.
§ Mr. AlisonMany younger women are already coming forward for screening. We have no plans to give them special priority unless they are within the priority group which was extended earlier this year to include all women who have had three or more pregnancies. My Department's expert Committee on Gynaecological Cytology has the situation under regular review.