§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he intends to meet representatives of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the Association of Directors of Social Services, the Children's Society and Childline to discuss the co-ordination of information relating to ritual child abuse and child abuse networks.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyOfficials from the Department of Health and the Home Office held a meeting on 3 May 1990 with representatives of the NSPCC, the Children's Society, Childline, the National Children's Home, local authorities and the police. It was agreed that the Department of Health would continue to meet individuals and groups during the summer further to explore the issues involved.