Pesticides (Hansard, 24 June 1985)

§ Mr. Nellist
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how often the Government's advisory committee on pesticides meets.

§ Mrs. Fenner
The advisory committee on pesticides is scheduled to meet six times per year and its scientific subcommittee nine times. Facilities are provided for additional meetings when necessary.

§ Mr. Nellist
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what products, currently on sale in Britain, contain the chemicals 2,4,5-T or 2,4-D;
(2) which manufacturers currently produce products containing the chemicals 2,4-D.

§ Mrs. Fenner
[pursuant to her reply, 20 June 1985, c. 215]: Proprietary products cleared for use in the United Kingdom containing 2,4,5-T as the sole active ingredient or in mixture with other active ingedients are marketed by a variety of companies under the following proprietary names:—
BP Trading Co. Ltd.
Silvapron—T
Burts and Harvey
BH 2, 4, 5-T 500
Brushwood Emulsion^*
Econal^*
Farm Protection Ltd.
Farmon Brushwood Killer^*
. ICI plc
Trioxone 50
A. H. Marks & Co. Ltd.
Marks Brushwood Killer
May & Baker Ltd.
Kilnet^*
Spontox^*
Shell Chemicals UK Ltd.
Ban-Dock
Nettleban^*
Steetley Chemicals Ltd.
Vigon 5T^*
Synchemicals Ltd.
Synchemicals New SBK Brushwood Killer^*
273W
Symchemicals Weed & Brush Killer^*
Universal Crop Protection Ltd.
Unicrop Brushwood Killer
Unicrop Super Brushwood Killer
^* products containing both 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D.
Proprietary products cleared for use in the United Kingdom containing 2,4-D as the active ingredient are marketed by a variety of companies under the following proprietary names:—
Atlas Interlates Ltd.
Atlas 2,4-D
BP Trading Co. Ltd.
Silvapron D
BASF (UK) Ltd.
BASF 2,4-D
BASF 2,4-D Ester 720
2,4-D Ester 720
Burts and Harvey
BH 2,4-D Ester 50
Dormone
J. D. Campbell & Sons Ltd.
Campbell's Destox
Campbell's Dioweed 50
J. W. Chafer Ltd.
Chafer 2,4-D Ester
Chemie Linz UK Ltd.
2,4-D 50 per cent.
2,4-D Weedkiller 50 per cent.
Chipman Ltd.
Chipman 2,4-D
Cleanacres Ltd.
Cleanacres 2,4-D Ester
Complete Weed Control Ltd.
2,4-D Selective Weedkiller
The Craven Chemical Co. Ltd.
2,4-D
Farm Protection Ltd.
Farmon 2,4-D
FBC Ltd.
FBC 2,4-D
Hoechst UK Ltd.
Hoechst 2,4-D Amine
ICI plc
Fernimine
Killgerm Chemicals Ltd.
Killgerm 2,4-D-A
A. H. Marks & Co. Ltd.
Marks 2,4-D-A
Marks 2,4-DM
Weedone LV4
May & Baker Ltd.
Dicotox Extra
Planatox
Mirfield Sales Service Ltd.
MSS 2,4-D Amine
MSS 2,4-D Ester
Rigby Taylor Ltd.
Mascot Showerproof Selective Weedkiller
SDS Biotech UK Ltd.
SDS 2,4-D 50
Shell Chemicals UK Ltd.
Shell D 50
Stanhope Chemical Products Ltd.
Stancide 2,4-D
Steetley Chemical Ltd.
Vigon DC
Stokes Bomford (Chemicals) Ltd.
SB 2,4-D Amine
Synchemicals Ltd.
For-Ester
Tripart Farm Chemicals Ltd.
Tripart 2,4-D Amine 50
Universal Crop Protection Ltd.
Palormone D