§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of cases of sickness resulting from the consumption of unpasteurised milk in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John PattenThe numbers of cases of sickness in England and Wales which were reported to the communicable diseases surveillance centre and attributed to the consumption of unpasteurised milk were:
Number 1980 210 1981 294 1982 *1,012 1983 283 1984 403 * includes approximately 400 cases resulting from a failure an the pasteurisation process.