HL Deb 21 February 1996 vol 569 c79WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many members of the Veterinary Products Committee (excluding the medical and scientific panel) are practising members of the medical profession.

Lord Lucas

One member of the Veterinary Products Committee (Dr. D. N. Bateman BSc, MB, BS, MRCS, MD. FRCP) is a practising member of the medical profession. He is also Chairman of the Medical and Scientific Panel of the Veterinary Products Committee, which has been set up to look into reports of links between organophosphorus sheep dip exposure and long term health effects.