asked Her Majesty's Government:

When the results of the research they commissioned from Cranfield University into chemicals in contaminated cabin air in aircraft will be available. [HL6329]

Cranfield University is actively engaged on the cabin air sampling programme, and about 40 per cent of the planned flights have now been tested by a scientist on-board. The timetable is constrained by the five participating airlines and by resources, as the samples are being taken by named individuals who have received special briefing by Cranfield to ensure a consistent methodology and secure chain of custody for delivering the samples to the laboratories for analysis. It is likely that this phase of the research will last until the spring. The findings will then be peer-reviewed before being published as a whole. I hope that this will prove possible as soon as practicable.