§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he has received a copy of the medical surveys in Kent linking high levels of serious illness with dust from opencast coal mining; and if he will carry out similar surveys in other areas of England where there is opencast coal mining and other activities generating significant levels of dust.
§ Mr. NichollsI am not aware of any authoritative medical surveys on this issue or of proposals for any to be carried out.