HC Deb 24 July 1975 vol 896 c309W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if she is satisfied that the recommendations of the Scowen Committee in 1969 and 1970 that only oral contraceptives containing 50 microgrammes or less of oestrogen should be prescribed, are being effectively carried out;

(2) what estimate her Department has made of the number of women taking oral contraceptives prescribed with high dose (i.e. greater than 50 microgrammes of oestrogen) at the latest convenient date as compared with December 1969;

(3) if she will arrange to discuss with the pharmaceutical industry the desir