HC Deb 22 May 1975 vol 892 c593W
Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will make facilities available to all women for screening for breast cancer.

Dr. Owen

I would refer the hon. Member to my detailed reply to my hon. Friends the Members for Bury and Radcliffe (Mr. White), Liverpool, Scotland Exchange (Mr. Parry) and Ormskirk (Mr. Kilroy-Silk) on 28th April—[Vol. 891, c.9–12]—in which I explained the action I proposed to take, in the light of expert advice recently received from the joint working party on this subject.