§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing each of the readings of radioactive caesium found in sheep and lambs in Scotland since 1 May which were in excess of 3,000 bequerels per kilogram, indicating the precise figure in each case, the date of the reading, and the approximate location.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe following is the information:
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District Date sample taken Cs. 134+Cs. 137 (Bequerels per kilogram) Stewartry 7 July 1986 4,120 Stewartry 7 July 1986 3,068 Stewartry 8 July 1986 3,330 Stewartry 8 July 1986 3,365 Stewartry 9 July 1986 4,218 Stewartry 2 September 1986 3,370 Stewartry 8 October 1986 3,560 Cunninghame (Arran) 10 July 1986 3,203 Cunninghame (Arran) 1 August 1986 3,030 Nithsdale 9 July 1986 3,354 Nithsdale 17 September 1986 3,950 Nithsdale 17 September 1986 3,690 Kyle and Carrick 28 July 1986 3,230