§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what research he has initiated to examine the causes of the breast cancer rates in Wales in respect of(a) East Dyfed and (b) Gwynedd. [1149]
§ Mr. RichardsResearch has identified a number of factors which are consistently related to the development of breast cancer, and it is unlikely that breast cancer rates in Gwynedd and East Dyfed are being influenced by some new factor that has not been detected in previous studies. For this reason we do not consider that research into the incidence of breast cancer in individual regions or countries would be of benefit in terms of the treatment or prevention of this disease.