Mr. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment will take account of the incidence of childhood leukaemias in West Berkshire and North Hampshire district health authority areas and specifically study and investigate any possible link between these leukaemias and the nuclear processes, discharges and emissions from the Aldermaston and Burghfield atomic weapons plants.
§ Mr. NewtonEvidence on the incidence of childhood leukaemia in west Berkshire and north Hampshire districts is already under consideration by the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment.