§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the areas, and the size of each of those areas in acres, together with the number of sheep affected, which are still under restrictions arising from the nuclear accident at Chernobyl in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and indicate the percentage fall of radioactivity in(a) the peat, (b) the vegetation and (c) the sheep, since the accident occurred; and when he now expects to be able to remove restrictions on the movement of sheep in those areas.
§ Mr. Hanley[holding answer 4 December 1990]: Restrictions on movement and slaughter of sheep in Northern Ireland apply in the following areas:
subsequent to the Chernobyl incident was discontinued when levels were found to be well below the control limit of 1,000 bq/kg.