HC Deb 25 July 1983 vol 46 c350W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will consider the claims of chiropractice to be recognised as a profession supplementary to medicine.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The decision whether to recognise a profession under the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960 rests with the council established under that Act, and not with the Department. We have encouraged the chiropractic profession to apply to the council for this purpose, and it is for it to decide whether to do so.