HC Deb 23 July 1993 vol 229 c510W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what cancer vaccine treatment is currently available in the United Kingdom; and if she will list the locations.

Mr. Sackville

No cancer vaccine treatment is currently available.

Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she is undertaking or promoting in respect of cancer vaccines.

Mr. Sackville

No research is currently being undertaken by the Department in respect of cancer vaccines. The main agency through which the Government support biomedical and clinical research is the Medical Research Council, which receives its grant-in-aid from the office of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and it is collaborating with leading cancer charities in this area.