HC Deb 06 November 1996 vol 284 cc569-70W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish his plans for research concerning BSE. [188]

Mr. Horam

A strategy for the centrally directed programme of research into the human health aspects of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, which the Secretary of State announced on 25 March, will be published shortly.

Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what potential methods of treatment are being(a) planned and (b) evaluated in respect of human equivalents to BSE. [189]

Mr. Horam

We need to improve our understanding of the nature of the agent which causes spongiform encephalopathies before we are able to investigate possible methods of treatment. This will be a high priority in our centrally directed programme of research.