To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21240 by George Lyon on 14 December 2005, what research or investigation has been carried out into the increased incidence of cancer deaths in the south of Scotland since the Chernobyl incident. The answer to question S2W-21240 on 14 December 2005, indicated a general increase in the absolute numbers of deaths from cancer in the South of Scotland between 1986 and 2004.