§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the validity of the statements by Mme Denise Pepin from the Institute of Hydrology in Clermont-Ferrand that benzene was only one group of trace elements filtered out from the mineral water and that of Dr. John Fawell, toxicologist at the water research centre in Buckinghamshire that it was not possible for the benzene to be naturally occurring; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacleanI assume the question refers to Perrier water. I have asked my officials to write to the EC Commission raising this and other questions concerned with its exploitation and labelling.