§ 45. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Prime Minister if he can now state when the promised report on the growth of strontium 90 in children's bones will be published.
§ The Prime Minister (Mr. Harold Macmillan)I hope by about the middle of this year.
§ Mr. AllaunBut is not it a fact that the latest Harwell report is now nearly 18 months out of date, and that this showed a marked increase, which must have continued since? Can the Prime Minister comment on the recent statement by Dr. Synge, the Nobel Prize winner, that children bottle-fed on cow's milk in the West of England, Scotland and Wales are absorbing 30 to 40 times as much strontium as the children in the eastern parts of the country?
§ The Prime MinisterI am afraid that, without notice, I cannot comment on the second part of that supplementary question, which I found it rather difficult to hear. With regard to the first part, these reports will be published as soon as they are ready.