§ Mr. LevittTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the scientists who sit on SEAC indicating other organisations for which they work. [20362]
§ Mr. RookerThe table lists the current members of SEAC and the organisations for which they work.
I also refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to our hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff, North (Ms Morgan) on 24 July 1997, Official Report, column 710, which declared SEAC members' commercial and non-commercial interests.
The Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory CommitteeChairman:Professor J. R. Pattison—Professor of Medical Microbiology and Dean of the University College, London Medical School.
Deputy Chairman:Dr. R. G. Will—Consultant Neurologist at Western General Hospital (Edinburgh) and Head of the National CJD Surveillance Unit.
Members:Professor J. W. Almond—Virologist and Professor of Microbiology at the University of Reading.Mr. R. Bradley CBE—Veterinary Pathologist and Chairman of the BSE sub-group of the EC Scientific Veterinary Committee.Professor F. Brown FRS—Virologist and Chemist employed by United States Department of Agriculture. Formerly Deputy Director (Scientific) of the Animal Virus Research Institute (now known as the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright).Professor J. Collinge—Professor of Molecular Neurogenetics, Neurogenetics Unit, incorporating the Prion Disease Group, at Imperial College School of Medicine; Honorary Consultant Neurologist at St. Mary's Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London.Professor W. D. Hueston—Veterinary Epidemiologist and Professor of Veterinary Medicine at University of Maryland, USA.Dr. R. H. Kimberlin—Independent Consultant on scrapie and related diseases.Dr. M. Painter—Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, City of Manchester Infection and Control Surveillance Unit.Mr. D. B. Pepper—Private Veterinary Surgeon (retired).Professor P. G. Smith—Epidemiologist, Head of Department of Communicable and Tropical Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.Dr. W. A. Watson—Former Director of the Central Veterinary Laboratory.