§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the instances known to his Department where food has been found to be contaminated to a level of 1,000 becquerels/kilo or more since the Chernobyl disaster, giving the type of food, the location and the level of contamination.
§ Mr. JoplingI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will list the actions taken in 307W response to the risk of radioactive contamination of food during May and June by his Department and by his counterparts in France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland and Czechoslovakia; and what arrangements were made for international coordination of precautions during the Chernobyl emergency;
(2) if he will publish a table showing, in comparable terms, the levels of radioactive contamination of food which are officialy recognised in the United Kingdom as being normal, requiring precautions and dangerous, respectively, together with such comparable information as is available relating to France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
§ Mrs. FennerI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (i) whether he is satisfied with the monitoring of radiation undertaken on behalf of his Department; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what agencies have conducted radioactive monitoring on behalf of his Department in each year since it assumed responsibility for this function;
(3) if he will publish details, of all measurements of radiation taken on behalf of his Department since 2 May, giving details of the materials sampled, the location and timing of each sample, and the results of each monitoring.
§ Mrs. FennerI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.