§ Mr. BurdenTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the results of the research by Aberdeen university in 1995, commissioned by his Department, on the effect of dietary nitrate intake. [25030]
§ Mrs. BrowningThis study at Aberdeen university on the metabolism of dietary nitrate in man is not due for completion until the spring of 1997. Preliminary results suggest that nitrate may play a significant role in protecting the body from bacterial infection, although a full assessment of this work cannot be made until its completion.