Written question asked by Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 January 2004. It was answered by Lord Warner (Labour) on Monday, 26 January 2004.

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Warner, Lord

Question

When the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) approved the experiment conducted in 1998 at Inveresk Research, Scotland, in which 50 men were exposed to a dose of the pesticide Azinphos-methyl; (a) to what extent local research ethics committees (RECs) in 1998 were guided and monitored by the Department of Health; (b) to what extent non-National Health Service RECs were guided and monitored by the Department of Health; and (c) whether the Department of Health had a policy of transparency for the operation of RECs; and whether they propose to change their mode of guidance for, and inspection of, research ethics committees with a view to requiring their operation to be transparent. [HL 795].

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL 795; 657 c18-9WA

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Disclosure of information Codes of practice Inspections Health and Safety Executive NHS Monitoring Pesticides Scotland Testing Department of Health Research ethics committees Clinical trials Human experiments Inveresk Research