§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received this year and in the past three years on the health effects of power lines; and if he will make a statement. [108589]
§ Yvette CooperA number of letters have been received from hon. Members, research organisations and pressure groups and individual members of the public, concerning the possibility of health effects associated with proximity to power lines. Results of the United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study published in December 1999 found no evidence to link childhood cancer with exposure to magnetic fields from electricity supply. The864W Department has funded work on the impact of electric fields which will report later this year. The National Radiological Protection Board's Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation keep the relevant research under review and will be publishing a comprehensive overview later this year.