§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the numbers of children born to unmarried mothers in each year since 1965 in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland, expressed (i) in figures and (ii) as a percentage of all live births.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe available statistics for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland relate to births which were registered as illegitimate and are as follows.