§ Mr. Evennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those centres which are currently involved in the Medical Research Council tests involving vitamin supplementation of mothers at risk of having spina bifida children.
§ Mr. WaldenI understand that the following centres are participating in the Medical Research Council's randomised clinical trial of folic acid and other vitamin supplementation in the prevention of neural tube defects.
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Centre United Kingdom Ashton-under-Lyne Tameside General Hospital Birmingham East Birmingham Hospital Cardiff Welsh National School of Medicine Dundee Ninewells Hospital Edinburgh Western General Hospital Glasgow Yorkhill Hospital London Queen Charlotte's Hospital St. Bartholomew's Hospital St. George's Hospital University College Hospital The London Hospital Newcastle The Department of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle Oxford John Radcliffe Maternity Hospital Portsmouth St. Mary's Hospital Sheffield Jessop Hospital for Women Southampton Princess Anne Hospital OVERSEAS Canada Vancouver Grace Hospital Hamilton Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University Halifax Hospital for Children Hungary Budapest National Institute of Hygiene Debrecen Medical University Miskolc County Hospital Pecs County Hospital Szeged Medical University Szambathely Markusovsky Hospital Israel Tel-Aviv Sheba Medical Centre