HC Deb 24 July 1981 vol 9 c270W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he intends to make arrangements for a national recall system for women to be regularly screened for cancer of the cervix; and if he will make a statement.

Sir George Young

In April, as I announced in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Withington (Mr. Silvester) on 15 April—[Vol. 3, c.216–17]—the Government published a consultative paper proposing changes in the arrangements for recalling women for cervical cytology testing. Comments on these proposals are now being considered and we expect to make a statement shortly.