HC Deb 10 December 1996 vol 287 cc106-7W
Sir Cranley Onslow

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the cases of pollution resulting from the misuse of synthetic pyrethroid sheep dips which have been notified to(a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency within the past 12 months. [7802]

Mrs. Browning

There is no requirement to notify my Department of pollution incidents from sheep dips. Statistics on water pollution are published annually by the Environment Agency. The latest report, "Water Pollution Incidents in England and Wales 1995", shows that there were very few incidents of pollution from sheep dip in that year. These figures do not distinguish between pollution from synthetic pyrethroids or other sheep dips. Figures for 1996 are not yet available.