HC Deb 18 June 1924 vol 174 cc2148-9W
Mr. CLARKE

asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health if, as the result of his inquiries into the cause of the outbreak of spirochaetosis, or rat poison, in the East Lothian coalfield, he is yet in a position to state whether or no he will hold a public inquiry so as to allay the anxiety among the people in that district?

Mr. STEWART

I am informed that the Mines Department are in communication with the Medical Research Council with a view to research into the character of the disease. Until further scientific information is available, it is considered that a public inquiry would not serve any useful purpose.