§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his oral statement of 2 December,Official Report, columns 669–75, on the meningitis outbreak at the university of Wales, Cardiff, if the strain of the 14 October case in the tower block, Pen y Lan, has now been confirmed; and what it was. [8022]
§ Mr. Jon Owen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales which strain of meningitis was identified in the Cardiff student who fell ill with the disease in October. [7788]
§ Mr. HagueInitial blood samples taken from the patient concerned did not confirm meningococcal infection. Further follow-up testing has identified meningococcal infection, although it has not been possible, to date, to identify the type.