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Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates

Commons · Question 47548 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 6 May 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing compensation to people affected by exposure to organophosphates in sheep dip.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 6 May 2025

Whilst the Government is sympathetic to those who are ill, the Government is neutral on the issue of compensation claims between those who believe that their health has been affected by exposure to organophosphates and the manufacturers of those products.