§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will assess the findings contained in the papers by Robert E. Weibel and others in Paediatrics March 1998 on the links between acute encephalopathy associated with attenuated measles vaccines; [56969]
(2) if he will assess the findings contained in the paper by Gina Delgiudice-Asch MD and Eric Hollander MD published in CNS Spectrums May 1997 on a review of clinical observations with respect to the possible auto-immune basis or autism a copy of which has been sent to him. [56971]
§ Mr. Galbraith[holding answer 24 October 1998]: I refer the hon. Member to the Answers given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Public Health on 4 November 1998, Official Report, column 617.