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Department of Health and Social Care: British Society for Genetic Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had meetings with representatives of the British Society for Genetic Medicine in the last 30 years.

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had meetings with representatives of the British Society for Genetic Medicine in the last 30 years.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    In the last 30 years, officials in the Department of Health and, later, the Department of Health and Social Care, have had meetings with representatives of the British Society for Genetic Medicine. As far as can be determined, ministers have also had meet...

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