HC Deb 16 May 1978 vol 950 c106W
Mr. Fairbairn

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of skin cancer from moles occurred in Scotland in the last year for which there are figures.

Mr. Harry Ewing

It is assumed that the question relates to melanoma. According to the Scottish Cancer Register, the provisional figure of the number of new patients in Scotland with a diagnosis of malignant melanoma of skin in 1975 was 138–43 male and 95 female.