§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if it remains the policy of Her Majesty's Government that the boundaries of district health authorities shall be conterminous with the local authorities' services; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will make it his policy not to sanction the amalgamation of any two district authorities where the boundaries of the resulting authority would not be conterminous with the local authorities' services; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WhitneyIt is clearly sensible that, wherever possible, health authority boundaries should be conterminous with those of local authorities. I do not think that it would be right to attempt to be prescriptive, however, as there may be good reasons why this might not be feasible or desirable in individual cases.