§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of post mortems done under fiscal licence for each year since 1980.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is only available from July 1984 and, so far as can be ascertained, is as follows:
Number 1984 (July—December) 2,622 1985 5,317 1986 5,239 1987 (January—October) 4,342
§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of post mortems done under fiscal licence in National Health Service hospitals for each year since 1980.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonI regret that the information is not available.