§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if(a) his Department and (b) the Yorkshire regional health authority will be represented at the international conference on the human pathogen listeria monocytogenes in Hungary in August;
(2) by whom his Department was represented at the international conference on 1 March at Leatherhead on the human pathogen listeria monocytogenes.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe Department was represented by an environmental health officer at the conference "Listeria and its Implications for Food Safety" held on March 1 at the Leatherhead Food Research Association. There are no plans at present for the Department to be represented at the international conference to be held in Pesc, Hungary from 22 to 26 August 1988. Yorkshire regional health authority representation is a matter for that authority to decide. The hon. Member may therefore wish to contact the RHA chairman, Mr. Bryan Askew, for details.