Mr. Eddie Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now exempt from prescription charges all schoolchildren under the age of 16 years in view of the raising of the school leaving age; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AlisonNo. No relationship is intended between the age limit for automatic exemption from prescription charges and the age of ending full-time education, and we see no reason to alter the existing arrangements.