§ Mr. SkinnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether her Department intends to undertake surveys of the levels of dioxin in blood in the population around the Coalite plant in Derbyshire; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SackvilleFamilies on the three farms near the Coalite plant which produced milk with high dioxin levels have already been offered blood tests, and those who accepted have been advised of the results. As the only people in the area likely to have been exposed to higher than normal levels of dioxins are the families on these farms who drank their own farm milk, there is no need for widespread blood analysis or other health screening in the area.