asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether his Department will be providing the Health Education Council with funds to supply audio-tapes of the "Pregnancy Book" in Asian languages to enable Asian women to benefit from this publication.

The Department and the Health Education Council have been discussing the possibility of producing audio-tapes for this purpose, but no additional funding is available in this financial year. The new Health Education Authority will consider this project when deciding its priorities for 1987–88.