Prescription Charges (Exemption)

Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now extend the exemption from prescription charges to all those in receipt of invalidity benefit.

Sir George Young
No. I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Mem-  ber for Goole (Dr. Marshall) on 31 March.—[Vol. 982, c. 47–8.]