Written question asked by Andy Reed (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 January 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 February 2000. It was answered by Baroness Hoey (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 February 2000 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement about the UK Athletics report into the drug Nandrolone. (In Library DEP 00/307). - Includes ref to UK Sports review copy in Library.

Answer: Mr. Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make a statement about the UK Athletics report into the drug nandrolone. [107655] Kate Hoey: UK Sport's review into the anabolic steroid nandrolone which I initiated in August last year, reported on 18 January after an intensive period of expert study and discussion lasting three months. UK Sport has accepted the conclusions of the Review Committee and has already consulted the International Olympic Committee and the International Amateur Athletic Federation--both of whom co-operated with the review and who have received the report favourably. National governing bodies are also being consulted. Comments on the report have been invited by the end of February. The report has also generated substantial interest among members of the public, media, legal and scientific communities. I have placed a copy in the House Libraries.

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