§ The Countess of Marasked Her Majesty's Government:
What evidence they would consider is necessary to demonstrate that the "new strain" cases of CJD are not linked with BSE.
§ Baroness CumberlegeThe centrally directed programme of research announced by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health on 25th March will include studies, including strain typing, which will address the question of the link between Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and the new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.