HC Deb 22 October 2002 vol 391 cc254-5W
Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the EU Committee of senior officials on public health is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive(a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement. [64826]

Mr. Lammy

The Committee of Senior Officials on Public Health (CSOPH) meets twice a year. This year's meetings are on 3 July and 4 December.

The Committee is made up of senior officials with responsibility for national health care systems. Each member state is entitled to nominate one representative and one alternate. The UK representative and his alternate represent all UK Health Departments.

No CSOPH representative has yet come from the Scottish Executive.