Meningitis

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 February 2000.

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Photo of Yvette Cooper Yvette Cooper The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health 12:00, 1 February 2000

Certainly, we will take advice about other groups from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. At present, we are on target to immunise everyone aged under 18. The situation is unusual because we are rolling out a new vaccination programme as quickly as possible. In those circumstances, we are obviously prioritising those groups that are at the highest risk.