HC Deb 20 February 1997 vol 290 c702W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health effects on women of silicone migration from breast implants. [16900]

Mr. Horam

The Department of Health has established a national breast implant registry to facilitate future research projects. Department of Health officials together with the relevant independent expert groups have evaluated all published research on this subject.