HC Deb 05 November 1997 vol 300 c233W
Jacqui Smith

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to institute a full inquiry into(a) the links between bovine spongiform encephalopathy and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and (b) the handling of this issue by Government. [14093]

Mr. Rooker

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Inverness, West (Mr. Kennedy) on 3 November,Official Report, column 5.