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Mr. Ashley
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what encouragement he has given to local authorities to provide refuges for battered women in order to reduce social problems such as children going into care.
Mr. Newton
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given today by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment to a similar question.