asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will permit the establishment of a doctor's surgery in Enderby, Leicestershire, in order to provide improved medical facilities which are needed there.

Approval of a doctor's surgery premises is a matter for the executive council in consultation with the local medical committee; a doctor has a right of appeal to my right hon. Friend against a council's decision. I understand that an application to open a branch surgery in Enderby has been recently refused by a joint committee of the Leicestershire and Rutland Executive Council and local medical committee on the grounds that the community were well served by existing facilities.