HC Deb 01 December 1980 vol 995 cc54-5W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the recent public speech made by the Minister with special responsibility for the disabled at the Rotary district conference at Eastbourne, in which he said that if he had to apologise for anything it was for cutting too little too late, represented the policy of Her Majesty's Government.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

Yes: but the right hon. Member will recognise that in the recently announced spending plans for 1981–82, the social services have been largely protected.