§ 22. Mr. SkinnerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is now able to identify the cause of the dioxin in the Bolsover area; and what steps he intends to take.
§ Mr. MacleanThe available evidence does not allow for conclusions to be drawn on the cause of the dioxin contamination.
As my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment has already made clear, Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution has investigated the emissions from the chemical incinerator at the coalite works near Bolsover. The concentrations measured in the emissions form only a part of the dioxins which have been found in the milk on the affected farms.