§ 40. Miss Boothroydasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what further representations he has had on his decision to end the grant for "CHC News".
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Penistone (Mr. McKay),394W on 9 February.—[Vol. 17, c. 338]. We have since received representations from a further 15 hon. Members, 10 of them in support of and five opposed to continued central funding, and from a further 15 community health councils, eight members of the public, a Member of the European Parliament and 21 bodies all in favour of continued central funding:
- Chairman, Oxford Regional Health Authority
- St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
- National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Maternity Alliance
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
- Psoriasis Association
- Spinal Injuries Association
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Back Pain Association
- National Childbirth Trust
- National Labour Women's Committee
- Conservation Society Ltd.
- National Union of Public Employees
- Association of Technical and Managerial Staff
- Greater London Citizens Advice Bureaux
- Welsh Consumer Council
- Havant Council of Community Service
- Institute of Health Studies, University of Hull
- Association of District Committees for Health and Personal Social Services, Northern Ireland
- Southern and Western Regional Association for the Blind