§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Prime Minister if she will set up an interdepartmental working party to consider whether there should be an independent advice office in every local Department of Health and Social Security office.
§ The Prime MinisterNo, but the Department of Health and Social Security will continue to seek practical and effective ways of improving its own advice and information services, and the Government will be considering such services generally in the light of the recent report by the National Consumer Council.