HC Deb 19 February 1963 vol 672 cc39-40W
95. Mr. Harper

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what research he is conducting into the detection of pneumoconiosis.

Mr. Denzil Freeth

Research into ways of improving established methods of detecting pneumoconiosis, such as tests of lung function and chest X-rays, is being undertaken by the Medical Research Council's Pneumoconiosis Research Unit as part of an extensive programme of research on diseases of the lungs due to airborne dusts.