§ Ms. Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he has taken to increase the rate of immunisation among schoolgirls and women of child-bearing age against rubella.
§ Mr. John PattenOn 29 June 1983 my right hon. and learned Friend announced in his reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Staffordshire, Moorlands (Mr. Knox) at column99 a major co-operative publicity campaign between voluntary organisations, the Health Education Council and the Government. This three-year campaign, co-ordinated by the National Rubella Council under the patronage of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, was launched in November 1983. The campaign is a sustained effort to increase immunity to rubella in these groups.