§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what consideration she is currently giving to spraying parts of the United Kingdom still contaminated by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster with the chemical ammonium ferric hexacyanofer-rate; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. JackTechnical studies to evaluate the potential of chemical treatments, including ammonium ferric hexacya-noferrate, for reducing radiocaesium in the vegetation of upland pasture are currently under way on two sites in Cumbria and Wales, as part of the Department's programme of post-Chernobyl research and development. In the light of the results of the studies, the practicability of using these treatments in the Cumbrian restricted area will be assessed.