§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if the Carlisle baby was examined immediately after abortion; and at what lengths of time following the abortion examinations were conducted and with what results;
(2) what tests were conducted on the Carlisle baby or her mother to determine that the Carlisle baby suffered from Ehlers Danlos syndrome;
(3) what was the cause of death entered on the neotatal death certificate in the case of the Carlisle baby;
(4) whether existing rules, regulations or contingency plans for the event of a live birth following an abortion were followed in the case of the Carlisle baby;
(5) if resuscitation equipment was available in the same building as that in which the abortion of the Carlisle baby occurred;
(6) how long after the death of the Carlisle baby the hospital authorities, the senior registrar and the consultant concerned were informed of the death;
(7) what information he had received concerning the reasons why the doctor on duty at the abortion of the Carlisle baby did not call the consultant concerned when it was discovered that the baby had been born live;
(8) why the mother of the Carlisle baby was not told that her baby was born alive; and if this is in accordance with common medical practice;
(9) how long after the death of the Carlisle baby the Carlisle health authority informed the police, the regional health authority, the registrar, the coroner, the mother's general practitioner or his Department of the death;
(10) if the fact that the Carlisle baby was born alive following abortion appears on any medical notes or statutory forms written by the doctors or members of the health authority concerned;
(11) which member of the medical staff concerned in the abortion of the Carlisle baby instructed that the body should be incinerated;
(12) what instructions were given by health authority representatives to staff involved concerning the abortion of the Carlisle baby;
(13) how long after the death of the Carlisle baby the body was incinerated.
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§ Mr. NewtonI am asking the chairman of the district health authority to write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services on which of the grounds given in the Abortion Act 1967 the abortion of the Carlisle baby was performed.
§ Mr. NewtonInformation relating to an individual identifiable termination of pregnancy cannot be released on grounds of confidentiality.