HC Deb 17 April 1996 vol 275 cc531-2W
Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many partial birth abortions have been carried out for the latest year for which figures are available; [25298]

(2) if he will make it his policy to ban the technique of partial birth abortion in the United Kingdom. [25300]

Mr. Horam

We are not aware of this procedure being used in the United Kingdom. Methods of abortion are a matter of clinical judgment.

Mr. Alton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued on partial birth abortion. [25299]

Mr. Horam

None.