HC Deb 08 December 1986 vol 107 cc16-7W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing each of the readings of radioactive caesium found in sheep and lambs in Scotland since 1 May which were in excess of 3,000 bequerels per kilogram, indicating the precise figure in each case, the date of the reading, and the approximate location.

Mr. John MacKay

The following is the information:

District Date sample taken Cs. 134+Cs. 137 (Bequerels per kilogram)
Stewartry 7 July 1986 4,120
Stewartry 7 July 1986 3,068
Stewartry 8 July 1986 3,330
Stewartry 8 July 1986 3,365
Stewartry 9 July 1986 4,218
Stewartry 2 September 1986 3,370
Stewartry 8 October 1986 3,560
Cunninghame (Arran) 10 July 1986 3,203
Cunninghame (Arran) 1 August 1986 3,030
Nithsdale 9 July 1986 3,354
Nithsdale 17 September 1986 3,950
Nithsdale 17 September 1986 3,690
Kyle and Carrick 28 July 1986 3,230