HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 c815W
Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations(a) he and (b) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Orpington (Mr. Horam), have received from the Haemophilia Society in regard to (i) the availability of recombinant factor 8 for children with haemophilia and (ii) the risks for children not receiving recombinant factor 8; what reply he has sent; what action he is taking; and if he will make a statement. [21112]

Mr. Horam

Earlier this month the chairman of the Haemophilia Society, Rev. Alan Tanner, wrote both to me and to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health about a number of issues relating to recombinant factor 8. I shall be replying shortly.