§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned into allergic reactions in children. [74292]
§ Ms JowellThe Department's policy research programme and the National Health Service research and development programmes are supporting a range of research on allergies in children and adults and will continue to do so. The Medical Research Council, the main agency through which the Government supports biomedical and clinical research, by means of a grant-in-aid from the Office of Science and Technology in the Department of Trade and Industry, is also funding relevant research, including the study of infections, immunity and inflammations, which will underpin work on allergies.