§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make it his policy to recommend to water authorities that they should not add fluoride to the public drinking-water supply unless all the area health authorities in the area affected desire the supply to be fluoridated.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergIt always has been our policy that water authorities should be recommended to add fluoride to water supplies only if all the relevant health authorities so requested. Before April 1981 it was for area124W health authorities to make agreements with water authorities; in the future it will be for district health authorities.