§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will establish free entitlement to sterilisation operations for women who have been found to be HTLV-III antibody positive and who have been advised not to have children, irrespective of age, marital status and number of children; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WhitneySterilisation operations are already available on the National Health Service both for family planning and for medical reasons.
§ Mr. Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will identify for 1985 and 1986 the specific funding dedicated to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, broken down under the following headings: (a)basic medical research, (b) education and (c) community care.
§ Mr. HayhoeI regret that information is not held centrally in the form requested. However, I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave to the right hon. Member for Barnsley, Central (Mr. Mason) on 24 February at columns410–411. The resources mentioned in the reply are in addition to the money which health authorities and other ogranisations have themselves allocated to AIDS-related work.