The Earl of Cranbrookasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether each district council in the former county of Merseyside has complied with its statutory duty to appoint a public analyst.
§ Lord BelsteadFood and drugs authorities which are each required under Section 76 of the Food Act 1984 to appoint one or more persons as a public analyst, are not similarly required to inform Ministers of the details of their appointments. I have however been informed by Wirral District Council and by the City of Liverpool that these two authorities have each appointed a public analyst since they assumed the status of food and drugs authorities on 1st April 1986; I have no information as yet from the other three districts.