HC Deb 30 March 1993 vol 222 cc137-8W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the statement made by the parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on toxic waste monitoring,Official Report, 10 July 1992, column 777, if he will specify the form of the investigation into the Gwent farmer's complaints about airborne emissions from the ReChem incinerator.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Between 1982 and 1984, various samples were collected by the farmer's veterinary surgeons and examined at veterinary investigation centres or at a private veterinary laboratory. In addition, senior veterinary officers from the veterinary investigation service made a number of visits to the farm in question. It was concluded that there was ample evidence to support the view that the animal problems were caused by common disease conditions.