HC Deb 04 November 1993 vol 231 cc312-3W
Mr. Fry

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what recent site has had advice from the Veterinary Products Committee on the continued use of organophosphorus dips.

Mr. Soames

The Veterinary Products Committee provides independent scientific advice to the licensing authority—the United Kingdom Agriculture and Health Ministers—on matters concerning the licensing of veterinary medicinal products, including organophosphorus sheep dips. Such advice, however, is not given to individual sites at which veterinary medicines may be used.

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