HC Deb 09 May 1978 vol 949 cc419-20W
22. Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now reconsider his refusal to hold a public inquiry into the use of hormone pregnancy test drugs.

Mr. Moyle

I refer my hon. Friend to my reply on 10th April.—[Vol. 947, c.274–6.]

50. Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has studied recent evidence linking hormone pregnancy testing drugs with damage to the foetus; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Moyle

I am not aware of any evidence which establishes a clear causal link between hormone pregnancy testing drugs and damage to the foetus. I refer my hon. Friend to my previous replies on this subject to my hon. Friend Member for Stock-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley) on 10th April 1978, 2nd March 1978 and 28th February 1978.—[Vol. 947, c. 274–6; Vol. 945, c. 391–2, and 206–7.]