asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many foreign cars are currently supplied to invalids by her Department.

About 300. Cessation of manufacture of the Morris Minor 1000 a few years ago left the Department in difficulty. A few disabled people who could not manage the Mini, the normal issue, had been able to manage a Minor. When this was withdrawn from production the only suitable alternative for this minority, revealed after discussion with the British manufacturers and investigations involving disabled people, was the Renault 4.