§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what action he proposes to take to raise the standards of
200Wtal committee of officials which prepared the consultative document the publication of which my right hon. Friend announced in his reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Mr. Moonman) on 5th August 1976.—[Vol. 916, c. 925–27.]—As he explained in that reply, the purpose of the document was to invite comments on the issues involved and to stimulate discussion. We have invited a cross section of interested bodies to a conference on 25th October 1976. In the light of the comments which we receive to the document the Government will consider what proposals for amendment of the Act should be put before Parliament and a further statement will be made in due course.