HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 cc117-8W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will carry out surveys on the link between serious illness and dust in areas of Scotland where there is opencast coal mining or other activities generating significant levels of dust.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

I am not aware of any authoritative medical survey on this subject and there are no proposals for one to be carried out.