Spongiform Encephalopathy Committee

Lord Kennet
asked Her Majesty's Government:Who were the members of the bodies that provided them with evidence about BSE, and what were their commercial affiliations.

Lord Lucas
The Government obtain evidence about BSE from a wide range of sources. This evidence is evaluated by the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) whose remit is to advise the Government on matters relating to spongiform encephalopathies.The members of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Committee are:

Chairman:

Professor J. R. Pattison—Professor of Medical Microbiology and Dean of the University College, London Medical School

Deputy Chairman:

Dr. R. G. Will—Consultant Neurologist and Head of the National CJD Surveillance Unit

Members:

Professor Ingrid Allen—Professor of Neuropathology at the Queen's University of Belfast

Professor J. W. Almond—A Virologist and Professor of Microbiology at the University of Reading

Mr. R. Bradley CBE—A Veterinary Pathologist and Chairman of the BSE sub-group of the EC Scientific Veterinary Committee

Professor F. Brown FRS—Deputy Director (Scientific) of the Animal Virus Research Institute, Long Island, New York, USA

Professor J. Collinge—A Clinical Neurologist and head of the Prion Diseases Group at St. Mary's Hospital, London

Dr. W. D. Hueston—Veterinary Epidemiologist, United States Department of Agriculture

Dr. R. H. Kimberlin—Independent Consultant on Scrapie and related diseases

Dr. M. Painter—A Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, City of Manchester

Dr. D. B. Pepper—Private Veterinary Surgeon

Professor P. G. Smith—An Epidemiologist from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Dr. W. A. Watson—Former Director of the Central Veterinary Laboratory