§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer by the Secretary of State for Health of 17 October,Official Report, column 131, what consultations he has had with South Glamorgan health authority concerning the provision of accommodation for the national TB reference laboratory; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RedwoodI have had no formal consultations with South Glamorgan health authority on accommodation for this unit. Management of the unit is a matter for the Public Health Laboratory Service board.
Between 1988 and 1992 officials at the Welsh Office convened discussions between South Glamorgan health authority, the PHLS and the University of Wales college of medicine about the implementation of the recommendations of the Evans report into microbiology services, including the TB reference laboratory, in south Glamorgan.