HC Deb 19 July 1994 vol 247 cc213-4W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what considerations underpinned her decision not to provide a Minister or civil servant to be interviewed for the BBC "Panorama" programme on the health risks of mercuric amalgam used in tooth fillings, broadcast on 11 July.

Dr. Mawhinney

The Department gave the programme makers a statement on the safety of dental amalgam.

Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research has been commissioned by her Department into the potential threats posed from mercury vapours leaking from amalgam used as tooth fillings.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research her Department has undertaken into mercury contamination arising from fillings.

Dr. Mawhinney

I refer the hon. Members to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Mr. French) on 14 July,Official Report, column 702.