HL Deb 20 January 2004 vol 657 cc134-5WA
Lord Mason of Barnsley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

To what extent the Environment Agency can assure the public that trout carrying the infectious ligula tapeworm spread by cormorants are not harmful to consumers. [HL692]

Lord Whitty

There are no known records in the UK of trout being infected with theligula tapeworm or of this parasite affecting humans.