HL Deb 27 September 2000 vol 616 c181WA
Lord Lucas

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether any rabies vaccines available in the United Kingdom are prepared using nervous tissue from a species known to harbour a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. [HL3425]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

The rabies vaccines available in the United Kingdom do not require the use of any mammalian neuronal (nervous) tissue in their preparation.