HC Deb 07 April 1981 vol 2 c233W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish in the Official Report, on the basis of the most up-to-date information, a table showing the mortality rates attributed to the use of the intra-uterine device as a contraceptive among women in the United Kingdom, other member European Economic Community countries and, for the purposes of comparison, in such other World Health Organisation nations whose figures are readily available;

(2) if he will publish in the Official Report, on the basis of the most up-to-date information, a table showing the mortality rates attributed to the use of the drug Depo Provera as a contraceptive among women in the United Kingdom, other member countries of the European Economic Community and, for the purposes of comparison, in such other World Health Organisation nations whose figures are readily available;

(3) if he will publish in the Official Report, on the basis of the most up-to-date information, a table showing the mortality rates attributed to the use of the combined oestrogen-progesterone contraceptive pill among women in the United Kingdom, other member countries of the European Economic Community and, for the purposes of comparison, in such other World Health Organisation countries whose figures are readily available.

Dr. Vaughan

I shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.