Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:45 pm on 12 January 2016.
Lord Prior of Brampton
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health
2:45,
12 January 2016
The noble Lord makes an interesting point to which I cannot give an answer from the Dispatch Box. It is clear that epigenetic factors are important. It is not just about behaviour: rather, it is also the genes that we have inherited from our forebears and the fact that we have entirely different nutrition and an entirely different way of life today from that of 70,000 years ago. Would it be all right if I write to the noble Lord and explain that more fully?
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