To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will commission a study of the increased incidences of the food poisoning strain called ciguatera in so far as it relates to the residents of British dependent territories in the South Pacific, in the context of nuclear weapons tests in the region. [36754]

The incidence of ciguatera in the South Pacific is monitored locally. It depends on a variety of factors. We see no need to commission any separate study.