asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will institute a compensation scheme for those Service men who have suffered from radiation-induced diseases, including cancer, similar to the scheme agreed recently between the trade unions and British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.

No. Where a Service man considers that he has contracted a radiation-induced disease due to his service he can make a claim under the war pensions scheme administered by the Department of Health and Social Security. The British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. scheme, which applies only in fatal cases, is designed to provide an agreed basis for making settlements as an alternative to civil actions through the courts.