§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the Swedish policy of not building houses close to overhead power lines. [34052]
§ Sir Paul Beresford[holding answer 21 June 1996]: I understand that the National Board for Industrial and Technical Development in Sweden has advocated a moratorium on erecting power lines near housing, pending the production of further technical guidance. In the UK, the National Radiological Protection Board has already issued guidance on the known health effects of electromagnetic fields and has recommended criteria with which the electricity industry complies.