§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what preparations his Department has made to set limits for nitrate levels in lettuce and spinach by 15 February in line with the recent European Commission regulation; and if he will make a statement on whether the United Kingdom will be in a position to comply on time. [13007]
§ Mrs. BrowningThe Commission regulation has not yet been published in theOfficial Journal of the European Communities. Progress on legislation to provide for its enforcement and execution is therefore delayed.
§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the compliance of the arrangements for the importation, storage and onward carriage of the ammonium nitrate at the port of Tilbury with the Fertilisers (Amendment) Regulations 1995. [13536]
§ Mrs. BrowningThe Fertiliser Regulations 1991, as amended in 1995, do not contain specific controls with regard to the importation, storage and onward carriage of ammonium nitrate fertiliser. They provide labelling, compositional and packaging requirements for ammonium nitrate and other fertilisers.