HL Deb 26 January 2000 vol 608 cc202-4WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish responses from the Chief Medical Officer and the Director of the Benefits Agency Medical Service to the reviews Denigration by Design by Margaret Williams, sent to them on 16 December 1999; and, if so, when. [HL618]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

Both the department's Chief Medical Adviser (CMA) and the Medical Director in Medical Services which are delivered by SEMA Group on behalf of the Benefits Agency have received copies of the reviewsDenigration by Design. As the views expressed in the reviews were two people's personal views on an individual and his work, as opposed to a scientific review of the available published literature, neither the CMA nor the Medical Director felt it appropriate to comment on the reviews.