HC Deb 27 February 2002 vol 380 c1421W
Mr. Greg Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to stop the use of glutaraldehyde in hospitals in England and Wales. [35030]

Ms Blears

There are currently no plans to stop the use of glutaraldehyde in hospitals in England. National Health Service employers are already to give priority to preventing their employees being exposed to glutaraldehyde by inhalation, ingestion or skin contact under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994.