HC Deb 20 May 1997 vol 294 c57W
36. Mr. Illsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department intends to continue to appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal in favour of those victims of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease caused through the use of human growth hormone; and if he will make a statement. [440]

Ms Jowell

The appeal is by the plaintiffs and not by the Department.

Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what projections he has evaluated in respect of the number of new variant CJD cases over the next two years. [294]

Ms Jowell

It will be three or four years before we have enough information about new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to make any reliable prediction of future numbers of cases.