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Jeremy Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she plans to publish the results of her Department's research into cabin air sampling. [199882]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The first stage of research, into the capability of equipment to capture fumes in cabin air, was published on 21 February 2008, after peer review. It is on the Department for Transport website at:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/aviation/hci/cabinairtest.pdf.
We are confident we now have equipment capable of real time cabin air sampling. The second stage of research, to use that equipment on participating airlines, is being developed. We do not expect to be in a position to be able to publish results until 2009.