HC Deb 31 October 1983 vol 47 cc295-6W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether his Department has received any further reports indicating any diseases or conditions liable to be found among elderly people suffering from thiamin deficiency since the answer to the hon. Member for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley on 25 July, Official Report, c. 351.

Mr. John Patten

We have received some further more recent evidence, which is being assessed, on possible thiamin deficiency in elderly people.