§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what action he has taken following the publication of the Gardner report into leukaemia and pre-conceptual radiation at Sellafield;
(2) what plans he has in the light of the Gardner report suggesting a direct link between parental exposure to radiation at nuclear installations and childhood leukaemia to establish further case control studies along the lines of Gardner in Scotland;
(3) when the results of the case control study at Dounreay into possible leukaemia clusters will be published.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe results of the case control study at Dounreay are expected by the summer. The Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment is currently assessing the evidence relating to leukaemia incidence around all the other Scottish nuclear sites and Scotland as a whole.