What evidence he has of public support for the fluoridation of the water supply in Northern Ireland.

What evidence he has of public support for the fluoridation of the water supply in Northern Ireland.

What measures he is taking to ensure that water companies comply with requests from local health authorities for water fluoridation other than when technical considerations prevent them from doing so.

What measures he is taking to ensure that water companies comply with requests from local health authorities for water fluoridation other than when technical considerations prevent them from doing so.

If her Department will research the practicality of introducing a fluoride sensitivity test.

If her Department will research the practicality of introducing a fluoride sensitivity test.

Which water companies add fluoride to the water supply; and which have chosen not to do so. - Inc list.

Which water companies add fluoride to the water supply; and which have chosen not to do so. - Inc list.

If her Department will undertake an assessment of the report commissioned by the Austrian Government in 1993 on the role of fluorides in the prevention of caries. - Yes, when it is received.

If her Department will undertake an assessment of the report commissioned by the Austrian Government in 1993 on the role of fluorides in the prevention of caries. - Yes, when it is received.

What instructions her Department gives to the manufacturers of dental products containing fluoride concerning (a) the need for adults and children to be informed of the potential harm of such products if consumed in excess and (b) the suitability of such products for young children.

What instructions her Department gives to the manufacturers of dental products containing fluoride concerning (a) the need for adults and children to be informed of the potential harm of such products if consumed in excess and (b) the suitability of such products for young children.

What assessment she has made of the extent of medical research on the long term benefits of artificial fluoridated water supplies for (a) children and (b) adults, based on detailed studies of the dental records of communities with added artificial fluoridated public water supplies and communities without added artificial fluoridated...

What assessment she has made of the extent of medical research on the long term benefits of artificial fluoridated water supplies for (a) children and (b) adults, based on detailed studies of the dental records of communities with added artificial fluoridated public water supplies and communities without added artificial fluoridated...

Which health authority areas in England and Wales currently have fluoridated public water supplies; and on what dates the fluoridation of public water supplies commenced in each such area. - Incls ref to "One in a Million: Water Fluoridation and Dental Public Health", in Library. (Research Sc 617.601/10.94,P).

Which health authority areas in England and Wales currently have fluoridated public water supplies; and on what dates the fluoridation of public water supplies commenced in each such area. - Incls ref to "One in a Million: Water Fluoridation and Dental Public Health", in Library. (Research Sc 617.601/10.94,P).

What research has been carried out by the Medical Research Council into the impact of fluoride on (a) the bone structure of children and adults, (b) the immune system and (c) the incidence of hip fractures.

What research has been carried out by the Medical Research Council into the impact of fluoride on (a) the bone structure of children and adults, (b) the immune system and (c) the incidence of hip fractures.

Whether water companies that add fluoride to the public water supplies are indemnified by her Department for legal claims of negative health effects.

Whether water companies that add fluoride to the public water supplies are indemnified by her Department for legal claims of negative health effects.

Which European Union countries currently have artificial fluoridated public water supplies; and which European Union countries have abandoned artificial fluoridated public water supplies in the last 20 years. - Inc table.

Which European Union countries currently have artificial fluoridated public water supplies; and which European Union countries have abandoned artificial fluoridated public water supplies in the last 20 years. - Inc table.

What recent assessment she has made of the 1976 Royal College of Physicians study on fluoridation in 1976; and if she will order an inquiry as to the safety of fluoride in humans.

What recent assessment she has made of the 1976 Royal College of Physicians study on fluoridation in 1976; and if she will order an inquiry as to the safety of fluoride in humans.

If she will comment on the long-term effects on health of exposure to fluoride and questions on delivery and fluoride to its target population and incidence of caries. - Inc figs.

If she will comment on the long-term effects on health of exposure to fluoride and questions on delivery and fluoride to its target population and incidence of caries. - Inc figs.

If he will list the herbicides, insecticides and fungicides approved by his Department which are organic fluorides, together with their contents of chloride. - Inc fact that info requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

If he will list the herbicides, insecticides and fungicides approved by his Department which are organic fluorides, together with their contents of chloride. - Inc fact that info requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

What plans she has to increase the availability of fluoridated water supplies throughout the country. - Inc fig.

What plans she has to increase the availability of fluoridated water supplies throughout the country. - Inc fig.

Whether there have been any adverse effects on their policy supporting the fluoridation of water as a result of the privatisation of the water industry.

Whether there have been any adverse effects on their policy supporting the fluoridation of water as a result of the privatisation of the water industry.

What plans he has to implement the recommendation of Health Promotion Wales to add fluoride as a supplement to Welsh water supplies.

What plans he has to implement the recommendation of Health Promotion Wales to add fluoride as a supplement to Welsh water supplies.

If she will make it her policy to maintain records centrally by regional health authority on the number of reported cases of fluorosis. - No plans to collect this information.

If she will make it her policy to maintain records centrally by regional health authority on the number of reported cases of fluorosis. - No plans to collect this information.

If she will meet the editor of the Bolton Evening News to discuss the benefits to children's dental health of fluoridation of water.

If she will meet the editor of the Bolton Evening News to discuss the benefits to children's dental health of fluoridation of water.

What representations she has received from health authorities regarding the level of co-operation by water companies towards the fluoridation of water supplied in line with the levels suggested in her Department's oral health strategy for England. - A number of health authorities have, from time to time, made such representations.

What representations she has received from health authorities regarding the level of co-operation by water companies towards the fluoridation of water supplied in line with the levels suggested in her Department's oral health strategy for England. - A number of health authorities have, from time to time, made such representations.