Asked by: Countess of Mar (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, prior to September 1993, a circular was issued by the Welsh Office Poisons Unit indicating that doctors would not be presented with cases of sheep dip poisoning unless the patient could prove that they were employed in manufacturing such products or that there had been a spillage during transport; and if so, upon whose authority the circular was issued, upon what evidence it was based, and to whom it issued.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
The Wales Office holds no record of the circular referred to.
When the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999, all documents held by the Welsh Office at that point were transferred to the Assembly.