§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has for the number of(a) men and (b) women, suffering from lung diseases contracted during, and as a result of, service in the Royal Navy in the period 1939 to 1945.
§ Mr. HanleyMy Department has no statistical evidence upon which a meaningful estimate of ex-service personnel suffering from general lung conditions contracted during, and as a result of, service in the second world war could be based.