§ Mr. GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to investigate the impact of particulates in air pollution in causing asthma. [175822]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Department's Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution (COMEAP) is producing a report on air pollution and asthma. It will include the effect of airborne particle exposure on people with asthma. The report is expected to be published in 2005 and will update COMEAP's last report on this subject, which was published in 1995.