§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 5 November,Official Report, columns 51-52, what pilot studies his Department is doing to test the feasibility of the proposals for the confidential inquiries into stillbirths and deaths in infancy set out in the report published on 2 July 1991; and whether the results of the pilot studies will be ready in time to be taken into account in finalising plans for the inquiries themselves.
§ Mr. Nicholas Bennett[holding answer 20 December 1991]: The working group on confidential inquiry into stillbirths and deaths in infancy, set up by the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health, gave advice about how the inquiry should proceed. That advice was based on experience gained from locally based enquiries and did not recommend pilot studies.