HC Deb 27 April 1981 vol 3 c353W
Mr. Walters

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now announce the composition of the United Kingdom delegation to the World Health Assembly in May.

Sir George Young

The United Kingdom delegation to the World Health Assembly will be led by the chief medical officer of the Department of Health and Social Security, Sir Henry Yellowlees, for the first week and by Dr. E. L. Harris, deputy chief medical officer for the remainder of the assembly. The other delegates will be Dr. J. J. A. Reid, chief medical officer of the Scottish Home and Health Department and Dr. I. T. Field, chief medical and health services adviser to the Overseas Development Administration. Support will be provided by members of the Department of Health and Social Security, the United Kingdom permanent mission to the United Nations in Geneva, and an adviser from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.