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Termite Infestation At Saunton

Volume 611: debated on Monday 20 March 2000

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asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Answer by Baroness Hayman on 28 April 1998 (H.L. Deb., cols. 150–51) and the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman on 3 June 1998 (

WA 30), whether there has been any spread of the termite infestation in Saunton, North Devon, beyond the two properties stated; and what success there has been in controlling the infestation in those two properties. [HL1491]

The Building Research Establishment monitoring team has noted a substantial reduction in termite activity at the affected sites and there is no evidence of the colony having spread beyond the two properties originally infested. Routine monitoring at the two properties and surrounding area conducted in the first week of March recorded only a single residual isolated colony at one of the properties. I am therefore cautiously optimistic of the eventual outcome of the eradication programme deployed at Saunton.