HL Deb 12 July 1985 vol 466 cc434-5

35 Clause 16, page 19, line 10, leave out from ("pesticide") to ("tests") in line 15 and insert ("under this Part of this Act, on making his application, to pay a reasonable fee in respect of the administrative expenses of processing his application. (2) A Minister may also require an applicant for an approval to pay a further reasonable fee towards the expenses of carrying out any examinations and").

Novel techniques in pest control through, for instance, natural predators, could if necessary be controlled under these regulations. I hope that what I have said is acceptable both to my noble friend and to the noble Baroness opposite and that it adds just a little to the Government's reply to this amendment.

On Question, Motion agreed to.