§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has received a copy of the medical surveys in West Glamorgan linking high levels of serious illness with dust from opencast coal mining; and if he will carry out similar surveys in other areas of Wales where there is opencast mining or other activities generating significant levels of dust.
§ Mr. GristYes. It is too early to comment on whether further surveys might be appropriate or on who might carry them out since the material from West Glamorgan has yet to be independently assessed.