§ Sir Hector MonroTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has considered the Gardner report on the incidence of leukaemia; and if he will make it his policy to make a statement on its application to Scotland.
§ Mr. RifkindThe conclusions of Professor Gardner's study of childhood leukaemia in west Cumbria are of considerable concern. A similar study at Dounreay is being concluded as a matter of urgency and the results are expected by the summer.
It is important that each study is not considered in isolation but together with all the other Government-funded studies emerging as a result of recommendations by the committee on medical aspects of radiation in the environment, to whom the Government look for expert advice.