§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information his Department has on research in different countries on the links between infant deaths and a sudden fall or rise in body temperature;
(2) what information his Department holds on research in foreign countries examining the results on human infant health of the use of early warning temperature monitors.
§ Mr. FreemanDepartmental officials are kept informed of research developments including those in other countries through articles in learned journals and through34W informal contacts with colleagues in those countries. No comprehensive list of such research is however held centrally.
§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will publish in theOfficial Report details of any grants that his Department administers or gives for the development of technical aids or equipment by private companies which prevents the death of human infants;
(2) if his Department is giving financial or other assistance to any private company in the research or development of an early warning temperature monitor for human infants.
§ Mr. FreemanThe Department has made no grants or given any other form of financial assistance to private companies involved in research into such subjects.