§ Mr. SillarsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what evidence has been reported by the World Health Organisation that painters in the construction industry have an above-average chance of contracting cancer.
§ Mr. ForthThe International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organisation, reported in 1989 that, on the basis of an extensive analysis of epidemiological data from a number of countries, a raised risk of cancer in those occupationally exposed as painters, including painters in the construction industry, had been identified.
§ Mr. SillarsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment which states in the European Community have banned solvent-based paint.
§ Mr. ForthOn the basis of information available, I understand that no state within the European Community has banned solvent-based paint.