§ 123. Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultations have taken place, and are taking place, on the status and qualifications of environmental health officers under European Economic Community directives for the inspection of food in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. FreemanThe Government's policy continues to be one of ensuring as far as is possible and reasonable that EC food directives are negotiated and implemented by reference to the existing system of food inspection in the United Kingdom and the important role that the environmental health officers play in it.