§ Ms. Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the reply he has sent to the organisation Life in response to its letter to him of 30 January about agency arrangements for abortion.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeNo. Although no especial secrecy attaches to this correspondence, I would not propose to publish my reply unless the organisation wished me to do so. It is for health authorities to decide whether to make such agency arrangements in the light of local circumstances.