HC Deb 09 March 1989 vol 148 cc620-1W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the sites in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency being used to dispose of cattle infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy; if he will identify the method of disposal; if he will take steps to ensure the supervision by his officers; and if he will list the numbers of occasions on which the Wardle landfill site has been used for such a purpose.

Mr. Donald Thompson

Slaughtered cattle suspected of having BSE are buried at the Wardle landfill site, Nantwich under the supervision of Ministry staff. Since 24 June 1988, a total of 46 carcasses have been buried there.

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