HC Deb 28 June 1988 vol 136 cc193-4W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what provisions are made routinely to monitor the chemicals, used by fish farmers in the flesh of fish; who is responsible for such monitoring; where the results of such monitoring are published or available for scrutiny by members of the public; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Donald Thompson

The steering group on food surveillance in my Department is responsible for monitoring the food supply and they have carried out a pilot survey of farmed trout, the results of which have been published in its food surveillance paper No. 22 (a copy of

Mr. Janner

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many and what percentage of women and black people, respectively, are employed in each grade of his Department.

Mr. Donald Thompson

Information by grade level equivalents in groups follows:

which is in the Library of the House) and in the scientific literature. As part of its forward programme the steering group on food surveillance has in hand further surveys of farmed salmon and trout, to be carried out jointly by the Department's food science laboratory and Torry research station.