§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if any increase in the incidence of childhood cancers has been observed in west Thurso, west Central Edinburgh and south west Perth.
§ Mr. John MacKay[pursuant to his reply, 20 June 1986, c. 672]: Apart from the high incidence of leukaemia in the 0 to 24 age group already noted by my right hon. and learned Friend in his reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame, North (Mr. Corrie) on 9 June, at columns 33–34, there was no increase in the incidence of childhood cancers in these areas between 1968 and 1983.