§ Mr. DunnachieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will obtain for his departmental library a copy of the findings of research by the Federal Research Institute for Fisheries, Hamburg, published by the German Research Service, concerning the incidence of tumours caused by pollution in fish in the North sea generally and the estuary of the River Tay in particular; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythScientists in the Department have not yet seen the full report, which they are still trying to obtain. They have, however, received more recent data from the German scientists concerned with the report. None of the data that they have seen over a period of several years demonstrates links between disease levels in fish and pollution.