HC Deb 14 May 1990 vol 172 c281W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proposals he has to allow the spreading on land of human sewage sludge for fertilisation purposes; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Sewage sludge is used as a fertiliser in Northern Ireland in accordance with the advice contained in the "Code of Practice for Agricultural Use of Sewage Sludge", published by the Department of the Environment in 1989.