To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been invested into research into sudden arrhythmic death syndrome and flash pulmonary oedema in each of the past five years for which figures are available. [HL5807]

Neither the department nor the Medical Research Council (MRC) has in recent years funded any research directly concerned with sudden arrhythmic death syndrome or flash pulmonary oedema. The MRC supports a broad portfolio of cardiac and pulmonary research which may in time increase our understanding of the causes of the conditions.