§ Mrs. HealTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he has made on setting up an independent national advisory group on teenage pregnancy. [124314]
§ Yvette CooperI am pleased to announce that the Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy has now been established, and that the first meeting of the Group will take place today. It will be chaired by Winifred Tumim, who is currently Chair of the National Council of Voluntary organisations.
The Group's role will be to provide advice to Government and to monitor the overall success of our strategy to cut teenage pregnancy rates and reduce the risk of long term social exclusion for teenage parents and their children.