§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in the light of the effect on health services of the proposed public expenditure cuts in the Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow area health authority with particular relevance to the child development centre at Charing Cross hospital, what steps he proposes to take to provide alternative services.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinShould this AHA (T) decide that, in order to keep within its cash limit, it is necessary to close or curtail services at this unit, it would be for the AHA(T) in the first instance to determine whether it should provide alternative services.