Written question asked by Countess of Mar (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 June 1996. It was answered by Baroness Cumberlege (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 June 1996.

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Cumberlege, Baroness

Question

Why, in the absence of a scientificaly based cause for "sporadic CJD", they appear to accept the proposition of a causal link between the previously unrecognised and consistent disease pattern of CJD found in 10 young patients and exposure to BSE before the bovine offal ban was introduced in 1989,in view of the lack of scientific evidence for such proposition.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

573 c39WA

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Cattle Diseases Disease control Medicine Research BSE CJD Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee