§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Linlithgow of 25 March, Official Report, column 446, if he will give reasons for his refusal to institute a review into the extent to which dental treatment is dictated by the assessment of the patient's ability to pay rather than by the dentist's clinical judgment.
§ Mr. HayhoeThere is no reason why dental treatment should be dictated by ability to pay, since National Health Service dental charges have to be paid only by people who can afford them.