§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services whether his Department retains any unpublished files, information and reports in connection with the 1957 Windscale fire; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 18 January 1988]: National arrangements for dealing with the fire at Windscale and for subsequent action did not directly involve the then Ministry of Health; radiation protection advice at that time came from the Medical Research Council and the Department is in possession of no original papers on the subject.