The remit of the Expert Group is as follows: To consider matters raised by the Health and Community Care Committee relating to vaccination against mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) with particular reference to:describing the consequences of pursuing an alternative vaccination policy to MMR;reviewing evidence on the apparent rise in the incidence of autism, taking account of the current work of the Medical Research Council;describing the process of vaccine testing and the monitoring of adverse effects, andin all its work, having regard to the role and remit of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the Committee on Safety of Medicines and the Medicines Control Agency.