§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will consider having the numbers of caesarean operations to deliver babies collated centrally; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe numbers of caesarean operations have been collected centrally since 1973. I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Falkirk, East (Mr. Connarty) on 1 March at columns29–30 for the latest available figures.