HC Deb 20 February 1981 vol 999 c237W
Dr. Mawhinney

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Peterborough on 9 February, whether he has received any representations from parents concerning experiments performed on new-born infants which they considered were not to the benefit of the patients; and, if so, if he will provide details of each case.

Dr. Vaughan

[pursuant to his reply, 18 February 1981. c. 162]: A total of about 50 general representations have been received about the recommendation in paragraph 454 of the report of the Select Committee on the Social Services concerning research on new-born infants, but none relates to any specific case.