HL Deb 01 July 1996 vol 573 cc83-4WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What evidence they would consider is necessary to demonstrate that the "new strain" cases of CJD are not linked with BSE.

Baroness Cumberlege

The centrally directed programme of research announced by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health on 25th March will include studies, including strain typing, which will address the question of the link between Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and the new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

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