HL Deb 20 June 1996 vol 573 c40WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What measures have been taken to compare post-mortem findings in the 10 cases cited by the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee with post-mortem findings in reported cases of CJD in young people in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands since 1993.

Baroness Cumberlege

The Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit in Edinburgh forms part of a European surveillance network for CJD involving comparable surveillance projects in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.