VISCOUNT GOSCHENasked Her Majesty's Government when the Medical Research Council will report again on the hazards to man of nuclear and allied radiations.
§ VISCOUNT HAILSHAMSince the publication of their Report (Cmd. 9780) in 1956 and their statement on the Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee in 1958 (Cmnd. 508), the Medical Research Council have kept the subject under constant review and have recently begun to prepare a further report which will provide a comprehensive assessment of the significance of all the available evidence. Much further evidence has been obtained on the levels of radioactivity from various sources and their biological effects, but certain essential data on exposure levels in this country—for example, that from diagnostic radiology—are still incomplete. The Council's report is therefore unlikely to be ready before the summer.
House adjourned at five o'clock.