§ 47. Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Minister for the Civil Service what consideration is being given by the Government to the decline in the British birth rate.
§ Mr. John GrantThe factors which have caused the decline in the birth rate are highly complex and we need to know more about them. As I said in my statement on 22nd July, the Government have therefore decided to give higher priority to survey and research work to study fertility, as well as mortality and migration.