§ Mr. SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to extend Crown immunity to the protein fractionation centre so as to exempt it from the legal requirement for manufacturing or product licences.
§ Mr. RifkindThe protein fractionation centre is part of the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service and as such is entitled to whatever immunities that agency, as a Crown body, has from the application of statute. I have no plans for extension of Crown immunity in this field.