§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the connection between the consumption of over-cooked red meat and malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; and if he will make a statement. [6227]
§ Mr. HoramInformation on research commissioned by the Department of Health is contained in "The Centrally Commissioned Research Programme" and "The Centrally Commissioned Research Programme: Commissions in 1994–95", copies of which are available in the Library.
The relationship between nutritional aspects of the diet and the development of cancer is presently being reviewed by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy. Its report is expected in 1997.