§ The Countess of Marasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the average time allocated in a first degree in medicine to the study of (a) toxicology and (b) bacteriology; and
What proportion of time allocated to the study of toxicology in first degrees in medicine is dedicated to the study of poisoning by chemicals in industry and agriculture.
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education (Baroness Blatch)It is for individual universities to determine the content and organisation of their medical curriculum taking account of guidelines issued by the General Medical Council. Information is not collected centrally on the time spent on each subject.