§ Mr. LuffTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the(a) Ministry of Defence and (b) Home Office about the proposed asylum accommodation centre on land adjoining her Department's land at Throckmorton, Worcestershire; and what assessment she has made of the implications for compensation claims for local residents following the burial of foot and mouth carcases at the site. [31724]
§ Mr. MorleyNo discussions of this matter have taken place with either the Ministry of Defence or the Home Office. Since the land does not belong to this Department nor does the possible use fall within its remit, we have not made an assessment of the implications for any compensation claims made by local residents following the burial of foot and mouth carcases in the area.