§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish reports, final and interim, of the subcommittee looking into adverse reactions of whooping cough vaccines, and also the report of the vaccine being developed at Porton Down.
§ Mr. EnnalsIt is the Department's policy to secure publication of the results of research which it commissions, generally by encouraging the publication of reports by the research teams themselves. Accordingly, the results of the study being undertaken on adverse reactions to whooping cough vaccine and of the work on the development of improved techniques in the production of vaccine at Porton Down will be available on completion, subject to commercial confidentiality, as necessary.