HC Deb 30 June 2003 vol 408 cc161-2W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made with the Programme Management Committee's study on risks from mobile phone masts to people's health. [118990]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The LINK Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme (MTHR) was established under an independent programme management committee following publication of the Stewart Report in 2000. This is available at www.iegmp.org.uk. MTHR research studies already under way are mainly concerned with the use of mobile phone handsets and the PMC has recently commissioned an epidemiological study addressing public concerns about possible health risks from exposure to emissions from base stations. Further information can be found on the MTHR website www.mthr.org.uk.

Measurements undertaken by the Radiocommunications Agency, whose website address is www.radio.gov.uk, have confirmed that public exposures from mobile phone base stations are very much lower than the international guidelines.