Written question asked by Countess of Mar (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 March 2001. It was answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Monday, 12 March 2001.

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Hunt of Kings Heath, Lord

Question

Whether the draft investigation protocol of 22 February 1993, Clinical investigation of symptomatic patients secondary to exposure to organophosphate containing sheep dips, resulted in a programme of medical investigations conducted by the National Poisons Unit; if they did, how many patients received these investigations; whether they were classed as "research" for the purposes of medical ethical control; if they were, whether Ethics Committee approval was obtained and written informed consent was obtained from each patient; and what was the outcome of the studies. [HL 1084].

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL 1084; 623 c64WA

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Ethics Poisoning Pesticides Research Organophosphates Sheep dipping