§ Mrs. MahonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what moves he has initiated, following the outbreak in February of diarrhoea and sickness caused by the waterborne parasite cryptosporidium, to ensure that every water authority has the expertise to carry out tests to detect cryptosporidium.
§ Mr. HowardMonitoring methods necessary to detect cryptosporidium in water supplies are being examined by the group of experts established by the Government under the chairmanship of Sir John Badenoch. I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 2 March to my hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (Mr. Raffan) at column286.