To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has received regarding the dangers to the health of livestock from the proposed dumping of United States wastes in the United Kingdom.

My Department has received representations from Cheshire and Humberside county councils, Warrington borough council, Warrington chamber of commerce and industry, Liverpool port health authority and the Lancashire and Cheshire branches of the National Farmers' Union. I have also received letters from Warrington, South Conservative association and my hon. Friend the Member for Bath (Mr. Patten).