Earl of Dalkeithasked the Minister of Health what research is being carried out in collaboration with the Ministries of Transport and Technology to assess the harmful effects of diesel exhaust fumes on respiratory organs; when he will make a statement; and whether he will publish a report showing what information he has from other Governments and the World Health Organisation who have undertaken comparable researches.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonResearch is carried out by the Air Pollution Unit of the Medical Research Council, in consultation with the Warren Spring Laboratory of the Ministry of Technology and with the Ministry of Transport. Reports have been published in the scientific and medical press and a brief summary of the position will be given later this year in the 1965 Report of my Chief Medical Officer. Contact is maintained with other countries and the World Health Organisation. No evidence of any health hazard from diesel exhaust fumes has so far been obtained.