To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if any action will now be taken against those opticians referred to in his answer of 2 February, Official Report, column 590, now that it is known that no procedure exists to pass the matter to the ophthalmic service committee of Manchester family practitioner committee.

The ophthalmic service committee of the Manchester family practitioner committee investigated allegations of breaches of the terms of service involving the opticians referred to in my earlier reply. It found that the opticians were not in breach of their terms of service and their decisions were later endorsed by Manchester family practitioner committee.