Ill-health, Mortality and Unemployment (Hansard, 24 November 1981)

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§ 19. Mr. Campbell-Savours
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will set up a committee within his Department to examine the various studies on the link between ill-health, mortality and unemployment.
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§ Dr. Vaughan
No fresh arrangements are needed. There are already well-established and fully adequate arrangements within the Department for maintaining links with researchers, identifying and analysing relevant studies and commentaries as they appear, evaluating new work and developing criteria for further research. Independent academic advisors are giving detailed advice on the development of research proposals, and a good deal of progress has been made.