§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what the418W dates were of the meetings reported on the web-site of the Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters; [185119]
(2) what the origin was of the dosimetric data used in investigating the radiological significance of increases in leukaemia among children aged up to one year in the Federal Republic of Germany between 1 July 1986 and 31 December 198 7 by the Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters. [185118]
§ Mr. MorleyThe CERRIE Secretariat has informed me that the committee held 16 meetings on the following dates
- 4 December 2001;
- 7 February 2002;
- 20 March 2002;
- 6 June 2002;
- 8 August 2002;
- 1 October 2002;
- 11 December 2002;
- 27 February 2003;
- 30 April 2003;
- 26 June 2003;
- 22 October 2003;
- 16 December 2003;
- 24 February 2004;
- 31 March 2004;
- 19 May 2004; and
- 24 June 2004.
The Committee also convened a workshop on 21, 22 and 23 July 2003, which all Members attended.
The Department has not yet received the final version of the CERRIE report, which is still in preparation. It would not be appropriate to comment on the report until the Committee has finalised it and presented it to its parent body, COMARE, and to Ministers. I understand the report is expected to be published in October this year.