§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether it is his intention to implement in Northern Ireland such proposals of the Quirk Report on Speech Therapy as are designed to benefit the local community.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeThe Quirk Report relates to speech therapy services in Great Britain. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science announced on 15th May that the Secretaries of State for Social Services, Scotland and Wales and she had accepted the committee's recommendation that speech therapy services should be unified under the reorganised National Health Service. This recommendation is already reflected in the pattern of reorganisation in Northern Ireland and plans are in train for the establishment of a speech therapy training course in the Province.—[Vol. 856, c.276.]