§ Dr. Marekasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list the research projects currently in progress into meningococcal infections;
(2) what plans he has for further research into meningococcal infections.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 11 February 1987, c. 283–4]: On research currently in progress, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) on 26 February at column 410. The main body for Government-funded biomedical research is the Medical Research Council, which receives its grant in aid from the Department of Education and Science. The council is, I understand, being contacted by a team at Edinburgh university researching a possible link between the non-secretion of blood group antigens and susceptibility to bacterial meningitis.