§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned or published in the past 10 years in respect of the health effects of electro-magnetic radiation from electricity pylons.
§ Mr. DorrellI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Normanton (Mr. O'Brien) on 29 November 1990 at columns475–76. A summary of the results of the National Radiological Protection Board's review of published data has been published in the Journal of Radiological Protection, Volume 11 No. I, pp 3–62, a copy of which is available in the Library. The full reviews will be published shortly as NRPB reports. In addition, the NRPB has recently announced the establishment of an advisory group on non-ionising radiation which will review work on the biological effects of non-ionising radiation relevant to human health and advise NRPB on research priorities.