§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the outcome of the Health Council held in Luxembourg on 8 June; and if he will make a statement. [86639]
§ Ms JowellI attended the Health Council on 8 June in Luxembourg, on behalf of the United Kingdom.
The Council reached political agreement on the draft Recommendation on limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields. This will be adopted at a future Council, subject to the lifting of the UK's Parliamentary scrutiny reserve. The Council also adopted Resolutions on antibiotic resistance and on future Community action in the field of public health and held an initial exchange of views on priorities and resources for the latter. It also adopted Conclusions on health protection requirements in Community policies. The Commission reported on the progress of the European Union—United States Task Force on Communicable Diseases and on the Community's own communicable diseases surveillance network. The Commission also presented a paper on health and enlargement, following which the Council