HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 c964W
Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reason the rubella vaccination is administered to boys. [36475]

Yvette Cooper

Prior to the introduction of MMR in 1988, a large number of babies were born disabled as a result of congenital rubella. In many cases this was due to older unimmunised children passing rubella to their pregnant mother or her pregnant friends. With MMR a child and its family can benefit from protection against three diseases at the earliest possible time.