Written question asked by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 June 2004. It was answered by Lord Warner (Labour) on Monday, 28 June 2004.

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Warner, Lord

Question

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 31 January 2001, 621 c66WA, and in view of the promotional role of the British Fluoridation Society, what financial contributions they have made or will make to the society for the years 2003-04 and 2004-05; and whether they intend to continue to make contributions; and whether they have yet decided whether or not to provide funding to enable the York review of water fluoridation, conducted in 2000 by the National Health Service Centre of Reviews and Dissemination, to be incorporated in the Cochrane Library, together with future fluoridation studies as they become available. [HL 3247] [HL 3248]. - Inc figs and ref to the School of Dental Sciences at the University of Newcastle study comparing the bioavailability of fluoride in water in which fluoride occurs naturally with artificially fluoridated water, copies in the Library (Dep 04/1448).