§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will instruct(a) the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, (b) the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment and (c) the Clinical Standards Advisory Group to lay an annual report before Parliament. [24177]
§ Mr. SackvilleThere are no plans to introduce legislation to make any of these statutory bodies lay an annual report before Parliament.
The recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation are subject to ministerial acceptance and are published biennially in the memorandum, "Immunisation against infectious disease". The memorandum is published by HMSO and provided to all doctors throughout the United Kingdom; copies are placed in the Library. Advice produced by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment is always made available to the public and is available in the Library. The results of studies undertaken by the Clinical Standards Advisory Group are published by HMSO and are available in the Library.