§ Mr. Easthamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many professionally qualified environmental health officers are engaged full-time in the headquarters of the Department of the Environment.
§ Mr. HeseltineThe Department does not employ environmental health officers as such, but we have 10 staff with qualifications in public health. We regularly consult the Institution of Environmental Health Officers and individual practitioners and have no reason to believe that present arrangements are unsatisfactory.