§ Mrs. OrganTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the announcement will be made concerning the triplet sites in the Krebs Trial area of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire; and which will be the control, reactive and pro-active areas in the trial.[83718]
§ Mr. Rooker[holding answer 10 May 1999]: On the 20 April 1999, in the presence of an independent witness, the treatments were randomly allocated to the areas in the Gloucestershire/Herefordshire trial triplet. The results of the randomisation have not yet been passed to MAFF. For reasons of security and safety of staff, I do not intend to announce the treatment areas in the triplet immediately they are available to MAFF.
§ Mrs. OrganTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many members of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Animal Welfare team will. be deployed to carry out the Krebs Trial in the two triplet sites within the Forest of Dean constituency. [83717]
§ Mr. Rooker[holding answer 10 May 1999]: For reasons of security and safety of staff I will not provide advance information on how many of the Department's Wildlife Unit staff will be deployed to carry out particular activities associated with the trial.