asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will arrange for a reply to be sent to the hon. Member for Falmouth and Camborne in response to a letter passed to his hon. and learned Friend the Member for Mid-Bedfordshire (Mr. Lyell) on 4 December 1986, from Mr. E. W. Parish, of 7 Treglenwith Road, Camborne, Cornwall.

I replied to my hon. Friend today.