§ 23. Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with the WHO on the guarding of smallpox virus stocks. [19678]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Department is represented on an ad hoc Committee set up by the World Health Organisation to review scientific and technical aspects relating to smallpox. A report of this work is due to be considered by the World Health Assembly in May 2002.
These matters are kept under continuous review.