§ Sir M. Galpernasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the nature of the report received by the Scottish Health Department on Gaston Naessen's serum; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NobleThe report, which was prepared by a senior member of my medical staff, who attended, on behalf of my right hon. Friend, the Minister of Health, and myself, a private meeting in Edinburgh last week-end between M. Naessens and a number of medical experts, indicates that M. Naessens described the preparation and use of his serum, and the biological observations on which it is based; that the clinical data produced by M. Naessens were too incomplete to permit a firm judgment to be reached; and that M. Naessens was 167W advised to publish a full account of his work to enable it to be generally studied. As the hon. Member is aware the serum itself is being tested at the Gustave Roussy Institute in France; I am not aware of any arrangements to test it in this country.