Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government who has been appointed to the expert panel established to investigate pyridine in the River Tees.

The expert panel announced in November has been convened and is made up of experts from outside government and its agencies, with representatives from over 10 leading marine science organisations. They will assess the evidence and consider all explanations for the mortality of crabs and lobsters that occurred in 2021, using all available data and informed by wider scientific research and expert opinions. The panel’s findings, and details of its membership and terms of reference, has now been published.