§ Mr. LetwinTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of discrepancies in health authorities practices in respect of the investigation of human TB on farms which experience bovine TB. [33729]
§ Ms JowellNone. There are established procedures for the investigation and treatment of tuberculosis including the screening of contacts. Guidance on these matters is contained in the reports of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Tuberculosis, published in July 1996, copies of which are available in the Library, and in the publications of the British Thoracic Society and other specialist groups.