§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints his Department received in the last full year for which there are records about chiropractic treatments; and how many of the complaints related to(a) qualified and (b) unqualified chiropractors.
§ Mr. FreemanThe Department received one complaint during the past year. It is understood that the practitioner concerned holds a chiropractic qualification.
§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations he has received from members of the public calling for compulsory registration of chiropractors.
§ Mr. FreemanI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton (Mr. Nicholson) on 13 December 1989 at columns675-76.
§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what qualifications are required of anyone who advertises treatment as a chiropractor.
§ Mr. FreemanNo qualifications restrictions are placed on chiropractors who are free to offer their services privately to the public subject only to those provisions of statute and civil law which apply.