Tyne Tunnel (Compressed Air Workers)

HC Deb 25 March 1971 vol 814 cc191-2W

Mr. Milne

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if she will publish the findings of the Medical Research Council in regard to the effects

EXPENDITURE PER PRIMARY PUPIL
					1965–66	1966–67	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70
					£	£	£	£	£
Average: All County Boroughs, England and Wales	…	…	…	…	70.00	72.52	77.18	80.52	88.17
Nottingham County Borough	…	…	66.32	68.69	71.96	74.78	80.71
Difference	…	…	…	…	3.68	3.83	5.22	5.74	7.46
Source: Education Statistics published by the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants and the Society of County Treasurers.

of exposure to compressed air conditions by persons employed in the construction of the road tunnel under the Tyne in the period 1962–66; and if she will make a statement;

(2) when the report of the Medical Research Council on decompression sickness will be available; and if she will make a statement.

Mrs. Thatcher

The results of investigations, supported by grant from the Medical Research Council, into the health of compressed air workers employed on the construction of the Tyne road tunnel was published in theBritish Journal of Industrial Medicine in January.