Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential health impacts from electromagnetic hypersensitivity.

I refer the Noble Baroness to the GOV.UK webpage titled Electromagnetic fields: electromagnetic hypersensitivity, which for ease of reference is reproduced below.

Many studies have now been carried out on this subject, and the evidence has been reviewed by authoritative bodies, including the World Health Organization (WHO). Those reviews suggest the symptoms reported are not directly related to electromagnetic fields (EMF), which does not undermine the importance of the symptoms themselves, but does suggest other causes are more likely. The WHO review stated that: “EHS has no clear diagnostic criteria and there is no scientific basis to link EHS symptoms to EMF exposure. Treatment of affected individuals should focus on the health symptoms and the clinical picture, and not on the person’s perceived need for reducing or eliminating EMF in the workplace or home.”