HL Deb 06 July 1998 vol 591 cc107-8WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

With reference to the Emergency Control Order signed by the Minister of Public Health on 20 May, when, and by whom, instructions were first given to draft the order; and when the first draft of that order was first available for inspection by:

  1. (a) the Food Incident Control Team dealing with the Duckett's cheese incident; and
  2. (b) the chairman of that team. [HL2487]

Baroness Jay of Paddington

Members of the Department of Health's Food Incident Control Team asked the department's lawyers to draft the order on the evening of 19 May and the first draft was seen by team members including the chairman in the late afternoon of 20 May.