HC Deb 18 May 1990 vol 172 c555W
Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, pursuant to the reply to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe, 15 December 1989,Official Report, column 832, he will make a further statement on the progress of the Medical Research Council/INSERM trial of zidovudine.

Mr. Jackson

I understand from the Medical Research Council that the trial is continuing satisfactorily and that there is no significant information to add to that provided in my previous reply of 15 December 1989.

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will update the figures of participants in the Medical Research Council/INSERM trial of zidovudine given in reply to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe, on 15 December 1989,Official Report, column 832.

Mr. Jackson

The number of participants enrolled in the Medical Research Council/INSERM trial of zidovudine up to 15 May was 772 in the United Kingdom and 727 in France.