§ Mrs. Knightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if women attending fertility clinics are automatically and invariably checked for rubella immunity before undergoing any treatment for fertility.
92Wtries outside the EEC within the 12 months to 30 June; how many staff of his Department and others accompanied the individual Minister on each occasion; what was the overall cost on each occasion in respect of travel, subsistence and other expenditure involved; how many days were occupied on each visit; what was the object of each journey; and how many such visits are now planned to be undertaken from 1 July to 31 December.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe information requested is as follows:
Three Ministers in my Department have made nine journeys abroad, as detailed below in the year to 30 June 1980.
§ Dr. VaughanThe order in which various investigations of infertility are undertaken is a matter of clinical judgment. I understand that doctors working in infertility clinics are well aware of the importance of screening for rubella antibodies at an early stage in the investigation of an infertile couple.