HC Deb 23 March 1994 vol 240 cc233-4W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research her Department has conducted or commissioned into the number of work-related incidences of chronic emphysema that have occurred since 1979.

Dr. Mawhinney

None. However, the Medical Research Council, which receives its grant-in-aid from my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, spent £1,097,000 in 1992–93 on research into the respiratory system, some of which may be of relevance to emphysema.

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