§ Mr. Ennalsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the evidence on which he based his 329W statements relating to Mr. Albert Spanswick, Official Report, 12 March, c. 1016; and if he now wishes to correct them.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinAfter I made the comments referred to by the right hon. Gentleman, I saw the correction printed in theDaily Mirror of 17 March. I wrote at once to Mr. Spanswick indicating that I fully accepted his correction, and that I appreciated that the Confederation of Health Service Employees was not making use of the private sector of medicine on the lines that have been adopted by a number of other trade unions. I expressed my personal regret for having referred in my speech to a press report which, though at the time it appeared to be well based, had subsequently been shown to be factually incorrect.