§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment his Department has recently made of experiments in respect of the effects on human health of exposure to(a) strontium 85, (b) isotopes of radioactive iodine, (c) palladium 103, (d) chromium 51, (e) niobium 92M, (f) barium 133 and (g) plutonium, conducted by (i) his Department, (ii) the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and (iii) the United States Government in conjunction with the United Kingdom Government, since 1956; and if he will make a statement on his Department's current evaluation of research on the effects of radiation exposure on human health; [8614]
(2) what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the radiotoxicity of (i) methyliodide, (ii) polonium and (iii) calcium 45 and their effects on human health; and if he will set out the conclusions of such experimental research conducted to assess the risks of these radioactive materials. [8611]
§ Mr. SoamesI will write to the hon. Member.