Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 6 October 2003, 653 c42WA, whether they will take steps to establish at the earliest possible date the number of haemophilia patients who have been informed by the National Health Service that blood products from donors diagnosed with vCJD were...

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 6 October 2003, 653 c42WA, whether they will take steps to establish at the earliest possible date the number of haemophilia patients who have been informed by the National Health Service that blood products from donors diagnosed with vCJD were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the National CJD Unit in Edinburgh monitored all imports and exports of brains and brain material between Belfast and Dublin.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the National CJD Unit in Edinburgh monitored all imports and exports of brains and brain material between Belfast and Dublin.

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Warner to the Written Question 8 September 2003, 652 c64WA [HL 4217] how many haemophilia patients have been informed by the National Health Service that blood products from donors diagnosed with vCJD were used in their treatment. [HL 4257]. - Inc no figures.

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Warner to the Written Question 8 September 2003, 652 c64WA [HL 4217] how many haemophilia patients have been informed by the National Health Service that blood products from donors diagnosed with vCJD were used in their treatment. [HL 4257]. - Inc no figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the export of brains from Northern Ireland during the 1990s followed government guidelines on the risks attributed to CJD.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the export of brains from Northern Ireland during the 1990s followed government guidelines on the risks attributed to CJD.

SI 2003/2274 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 6 October 2003.

SI 2003/2274 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 6 October 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people in England receiving bovine derivative bone grafts subsequently contracted BSE or CJD. - Inc fact that only one patient with CJD is known to have had a bone graft.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people in England receiving bovine derivative bone grafts subsequently contracted BSE or CJD. - Inc fact that only one patient with CJD is known to have had a bone graft.

How many National Health Service patients with haemophilia are known to have been treated with plasma from donors with vCJD. [HL 4217].

How many National Health Service patients with haemophilia are known to have been treated with plasma from donors with vCJD. [HL 4217].

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish an update to the Department's interim report on the vCJD's Incidents Panel's consulation document, Management of Possible Exposure to CJD Through Medical Procedures. - Inc ref to documents relating to the work of the CJD Incidents at www.doh.gov.uk/cjd/incidentspanel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish an update to the Department's interim report on the vCJD's Incidents Panel's consulation document, Management of Possible Exposure to CJD Through Medical Procedures. - Inc ref to documents relating to the work of the CJD Incidents at www.doh.gov.uk/cjd/incidentspanel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what special conditions attach to the burial of persons who have died from CJD. - Includes ref to "Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents: Safe Working and the Prevention of Infection" and www.doh.gov.uk/cjd/tseguidance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what special conditions attach to the burial of persons who have died from CJD. - Includes ref to "Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents: Safe Working and the Prevention of Infection" and www.doh.gov.uk/cjd/tseguidance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have died of CJD since the disease was first identified; and how many have been (a) cremated and (b) buried. - Inc figures and fact the Department does not collect information on how many people with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have died of CJD since the disease was first identified; and how many have been (a) cremated and (b) buried. - Inc figures and fact the Department does not collect information on how many people with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new cases of (a) sporadic CJD and (b) variant CJD there were in the UK in (i) each quarter and (ii) each year from 1990 to the latest available date. - Including tables.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new cases of (a) sporadic CJD and (b) variant CJD there were in the UK in (i) each quarter and (ii) each year from 1990 to the latest available date. - Including tables.

Whether they will invest to prevent up to 70,000 transfusion patients each year from continuing to be put at risk from United Kingdom-sourced, non-virally inactivated transfusion plasma; and in the light of the £88 million spent to secure safer products for haemophiliacs, and the £55 million to secure the supply...

Whether they will invest to prevent up to 70,000 transfusion patients each year from continuing to be put at risk from United Kingdom-sourced, non-virally inactivated transfusion plasma; and in the light of the £88 million spent to secure safer products for haemophiliacs, and the £55 million to secure the supply...

In the light of the recent discontinuation of human-derived follicle-stimulating hormone (Metrodin High Purity) by the Committee on Safety of Medicines because of the posed risk of vCJD, whether they have assessed the cost of possible compensation claims from transfusion of vCJD through United Kingdom-sourced fresh frozen plasma. [HL 2554].

In the light of the recent discontinuation of human-derived follicle-stimulating hormone (Metrodin High Purity) by the Committee on Safety of Medicines because of the posed risk of vCJD, whether they have assessed the cost of possible compensation claims from transfusion of vCJD through United Kingdom-sourced fresh frozen plasma. [HL 2554].

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the risk of blood stocks becoming contaminated from blood donated from those who have received blood transfusions in the last 10 years; if he will publish Advisory Committee of the Microbiological Safety of Blood and Tissues...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the risk of blood stocks becoming contaminated from blood donated from those who have received blood transfusions in the last 10 years; if he will publish Advisory Committee of the Microbiological Safety of Blood and Tissues...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK in the last five years have died from (a) hepatitis C, (b) HIV and AIDS and (c) vCJD; and how many of them were blood donors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK in the last five years have died from (a) hepatitis C, (b) HIV and AIDS and (c) vCJD; and how many of them were blood donors.

Why, when there is transfusion plasma currently available in the United Kingdom to the National Health Service which is licensed in the United Kingdom and sourced in the United States, the National Blood Service continues to provide patients with United Kingdom-sourced fresh frozen plasma which has not been virally inactivated;...

Why, when there is transfusion plasma currently available in the United Kingdom to the National Health Service which is licensed in the United Kingdom and sourced in the United States, the National Blood Service continues to provide patients with United Kingdom-sourced fresh frozen plasma which has not been virally inactivated;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much compensation was given to farmers for (a) foot and mouth, (b) CJD and (c) animal disposal in each year since 1990 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much compensation was given to farmers for (a) foot and mouth, (b) CJD and (c) animal disposal in each year since 1990 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will announce the results of its inquiry into whether recipients of blood are to be prevented from donating blood tissue or organs for transplant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will announce the results of its inquiry into whether recipients of blood are to be prevented from donating blood tissue or organs for transplant.

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 19 December 2002, 642 c156WA, whether any patient living in England or Northern Ireland could be affected by the case of the blood donor in Scotland found recently to have vCJD and from whom plasma had been used...

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 19 December 2002, 642 c156WA, whether any patient living in England or Northern Ireland could be affected by the case of the blood donor in Scotland found recently to have vCJD and from whom plasma had been used...

Whether irradiation can be helpful in decontaminating surgical instruments in cases in which there may be a risk of the transmission of vCJD and other blood-borne viruses. [HL 1035].

Whether irradiation can be helpful in decontaminating surgical instruments in cases in which there may be a risk of the transmission of vCJD and other blood-borne viruses. [HL 1035].