There was a statement on swine fever on Monday. A flu pandemic has been feared for some years and it was one of the issues covered in the report of the Intergovernmental Organisations Select committee that I chaired. http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm74/7475/7475.pdf The UK has a leading role in the identification and treatment of infectious diseases and we found…
The Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee will publish its first report tomorrow. The report deals with the threat of infectious diseases and the intergovernmental organisations ability to deal with them. Meanwhile I have been very frustrated because the Liaison Committee which decides what select committees should exist and in what form met and agreed that the…
