HL Deb 11 May 2000 vol 612 c229WA
Lord Walton of Detchant

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will now review their grant to the Public Health Laboratory Service in relation to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance and communicable disease surveillance. [HL2260]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)

Officials are discussing with the Public Health Laboratory Service what work needs to be done in this area, hearing in mind the antibiotic resistance strategy and the communicable disease strategy currently being developed and how it might he funded.