Professor Sir Roy Meadow

HL Deb 06 October 2003 vol 653 cc44-5WA

Earl Howe

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether Professor Sir Roy Meadow has acted as a consultant adviser to the Department of Health during the past 10 years; if so, when; and to what areas of policymaking his advice related. [HL4348]

Baroness Andrews

Professor Sir Roy Meadow was invited, during his tenure as President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, between April 1997 and December 1998, to act as consultant adviser in paediatrics for the then Chief Medical Officer, Sir Kenneth Caiman.