§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the becquerel readings of each of the 40 sheep selected from within the restricted area of Cumbria used in the feasility study into monitoring of sheep carcases at slaugherhouses in December 1988.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe readings (becquerels per kilogramme) from the special instrument calibration trial were as follows:
284W
Readings 173 579 191 605 236 620 258 642 276 642
Readings 294 645 308 651 311 678 321 684 335 711 344 780 401 806 407 810 462 812 473 905 483 909 495 1,004 513 1,053 545 1,119 566 1,283
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for what purpose the sheep involved in the December 1988 feasibility study into the monitoring of sheep carcases in slaughterhouses, referred to in his press release of 14 April, were intended to be used.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe sheep involved in the December study were specially selected from within the restricted area for scientific purposes. No part of the carcases went for human consumption.