HC Deb 04 March 2002 vol 381 c136W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish a green paper on genetics; and if he will make a statement. [39317]

Yvette Cooper

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in his speech at the conference "Genetics and Health—A Decade of Opportunity", reaffirmed his commitment to the Green Paper on genetics being published later this year. No formal publication date has been announced, but good progress is being made with six meetings of the advisory panel and a successful conference to inform the Green Paper having taken place.

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